This evening after dinner we walked across town to the old Roman Bridge. The stone bridge is very picturesque, but the Moselle is muddy. Here we saw evidence of the flooding in Trier from the fierce rains a few weeks ago. The water levels were high.
The Roman Bridge in Trier is the oldest bridge in Germany. The nine bridge pillars date back to the 2nd century A. D. The stone pilings of the Roman Bridge date from A. D. 144-152 and are deeply embedded in the bedrock underneath the river gravel. We learned how they dated this in the museum from cross sections of the wood (trees) used as pilings.
We walked out onto the bridge to look at the Mosel River. It was so dirty with all the overflowing rain waters.
Our Frankfurt Germany Mission 