Ancient Bridge (Civ7)

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The Ancient Bridge is an Antiquity Age Gold building in Civilization VII. It must be built on a Navigable River.

Base yields:
- +4 Gold.
Effects:
- Allows land units to move over a Navigable River without having to embark.
- Cheaper to build where a Road has already formed a ferry across the river.

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Civilopedia entry[]

Travel and innovation go hand in hand. Since ancient times, the development of bridges demonstrates the wide variety of technological and stylistic advances that have transformed these structures over the centuries. The earliest bridges drew from the immediate natural world – stepping stones and fallen trees. But people also experimented with materials to create unique solutions to natural barriers. The Obersee in Switzerland bears evidence of prehistoric log pilings that supported a wooden footbridge across the lake. In Greece, the Arkadiko Bridge features stones forming a slim arch over a ditch. The Andes and the Himalayas both saw the independent development of suspension bridges made of vines, allowing navigation of steep mountain valleys. In a more creative endeavor, Herodotus tells us that Xerxes constructed a bridge out of ships to move his army across the Hellespont strait; when a storm destroyed his first attempt, he had the sea whipped and branded with hot irons out of fury.

Relatively few bridges from the ancient period remain intact because many were temporary or required constant upkeep that ceased over time. Rome was the first society to develop permanent bridges, allowing them to move armies quickly across the empire’s vast territory. While their wooden predecessors do not survive, Roman stone bridges are still found across Europe, their round arches and cemented blocks supporting pedestrians even today.

See also[]

Bridge (Civ7)
- Medieval Bridge (Civ7)
- Modern Bridge (Civ7)
Bridge in other games

Civilization VII Buildings [edit]
Antiquity	Academy Altar Amphitheater Ancient Bridge Ancient Walls Arena Barracks Basilica^A Bath Blacksmith Brickyard^A City Hall^A Cothon^A ¹ Dharamshala^A Dockyard^A ¹ Fishing Quay^A Garden Granary^A Jalaw^A K'uh Nah^A Library Lighthouse Market Mastaba^A Monument Mortuary Temple^A Odeon^A Palace^A Parthenon^A Saw Pit^A Temple of Jupiter^A Vihara^A Villa
Exploration	Anjuvannam^A Armorer Bailey^A Bank Bazaar Candi Bentar^A Casa Consistorial^A Casa de Contratación^A Dungeon Gristmill^A Guildhall Hospital Inn Kiln Madrasa^A Manigramam^A Medieval Bridge Medieval Walls Menagerie Meru^A Mosque^A Motte^A Observatory Pavilion Sawmill^A Shipyard Stonecutter^A Temple University Wharf
Modern	Aerodrome Cannery Catedral^A City Park Defensive Fortifications Department Store Factory Ginkō^A Grocer^A Ironworks^A Jardin à la Française^A Jukogyo^A Laboratory Launch Pad Manufactory^A ¹ Military Academy Modern Bridge Museum Opera House Portal de Mercaderes^A Port Qianzhuang^A Radio Station Rail Station Railyard^A Royal Exchange^A ¹ Salon^A Schoolhouse Shiguan^A Steel Mill^A Stock Exchange Tenement
^A Ageless • ¹ Requires DLC