赵州桥横跨于今天河北省赵县城南的洨河之上。赵县古时称赵州,故桥名为赵州桥。当地俗称大石桥。洨河发源于河北西部的井陉山,在古代,水势很大,每逢夏秋两季大雨来临,雨水和山泉一齐顺流而下,沿途又汇合几条河水,形成汹涌的洪流,人们过洨河非常困难.隋炀帝大业年间(公元605—616年),杰出的工匠李春领导石工李通等人,设计建造了一座横跨洨河的安济桥,便利了洨河两岸车马行人的往来。安济桥就是今天的赵州桥。赵州桥是世界上保存的最古老的一座石拱桥。桥身全部用石料建成。自北而南,桥长50.82米,宽 Zhaozhou Bridge across today’s Zhao County, Hebei Province, south of the Ba River. Zhao ancient county called Zhaozhou, so the bridge named Zhaozhou Bridge. Local commonly known as Dashiqiao. River originated in the western Hebei Wells Mountain, in ancient times, great water potential, every summer and fall rains, rain and spring together down the river along the convergence of several rivers, the formation of turbulent torrent, people across the river Very difficult.During the Great Emperor of the Sui Dynasty (AD 605-616), an outstanding craftsman Li Chun led the masonry Li Tong et al., Designed and built an Anji bridge across the river, to facilitate the pedestrian cross-Strait pedestrian contacts. Anji Bridge is today’s Zhaozhou Bridge. Zhaozhou Bridge is the oldest preserved stone arch bridge in the world. Bridge all built with stone. From north to south, the bridge is 50.82 meters long and wide