Tag:bridge=aqueduct

An aqueduct, also known as a water bridge, is an above-ground structure which conveys an artificial waterway over a road, valley or another waterway.

See also Tag:historic=aqueduct for bridges with historical significance

How to tag

Draw a way at the bridge and add

• waterway=canal
• bridge=aqueduct
• layer=1

When the riverbank is to be drawn

• natural=water
• water=canal
• bridge=aqueduct
• layer=1

Bridge outline

If there are footpaths next to the waterway, the outline of the entire bridge can be drawn with the following:

• man_made=bridge
• bridge=aqueduct
• name=*
• layer=1

Example Canal Bridge Magdeburg

Additional tags

• start_date=* - for the time when the aqueduct started to work
• name=* - name of the aqueduct
• length=* - length of the aqueduct
• ele=* if you know the elevation of distinct points of the aqueduct (level of the water / where once the water was)
• wikipedia=*
• historic=aqueduct when the bridge has a historical significance as described in Tag:historic=aqueduct

Examples

Modern aqueducts :

• 
  Narrowboat crossing the World Heritage Pontcysyllte Aqueduct in Wales
• 
  Out-of-use cast-iron Longden-on-Tern aqueduct
• 
  Briare aqueduct, over the river Loire, France
• 
  The Magdeburg Water Bridge seen from the shores of the Elbe

Historical aqueducts :

Some bridges that should be tagged additionally with the historic schema Tag:historic=aqueduct

• 
  Aqueduct of Vanvitelli, Italy, built by Luigi Vanvitelli, it is a World Heritage Site and one of the finest examples of an aqueduct in Europe.
• 
  Mathur Aqueduct, India
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  Ancient Indian aqueduct in Hampi
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  Aqueduct of Segovia