Remains
- For an overview of the location of Roman bridges, see List of Roman bridges.
Extant remains of the road consist of rare patches of pavement (by far the largest is an intermittent stretch about 800 meters long at Rignano Flaminio in the northern Lazio), but for the most part of bridges, listed here in order from Rome:
- From Rome to Narni:
- the Milvian Bridge (now Ponte Milvio)
- the Pile di Augusto
- Ponte Sanguinaro S of Narni
- the great bridge at Narni
- Along the western branch:
- Ponte Caldaro, damaged in World War II
- Ponte Calamone both before Sangemini
- Ponte Fonnaia near Acquasparta
- a bridge just outside Acquasparta, on which was built the church of S. Giovanni de Butris
- Ponte del Diavolo at Cavallara near Bastardo
- Along the eastern branch:
- Ponte Sanguinaro in Spoleto
- scant remains of a bridge at Pontebari
- After the branches rejoin at S. Giovanni Profiamma:
- bridge-like structure at Pieve Fanonica
- Le Spugne near Nocera Umbra
- three bridges in the comune of Fossato di Vico (one of which, however, belongs properly to a branch road off the main trunk of the Flaminia)
- Ponte Spiano in Costacciaro
- an imposing bridge at Villa Scirca, blown up in World War II
- five bridges in the comune of Cantiano, near Pontedazzo and Pontericcioli
- Ponte Mallio (or Manlio) at Cagli, which appears to be partly of pre-Roman (Umbrian) construction
- Gallery at Furlo Pass
Other notable Roman vestiges along the road, aside from those within the individual towns, include a pair of tower tombs between Bevagna and Foligno; and along the eastern branch of the Flaminia in particular, in the area between Spoleto and Trevi, many small Romanesque churches, partly built of reused Roman stone (spolia) — including a few inscriptions — mark the straight line of the road quite clearly. A small stretch of the road remains in the ruins of Carsulae where it passes through the impressive Arco di Traiano.
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