拱形结构的优点是跨越能力较大；与钢桥及钢筋砼梁桥相比，可以节省大量钢材和水泥。
在地中海区域的早期文明中，拱形结构主要被运用在地下排水管上，但在地上建筑中首先发展并广泛使用拱门的是罗马人。
The arch was used by the early cultures of the Mediterranean area chiefly for underground drains, but it was the Romans who first developed and used the arch extensively in aboveground structures.
在受到压力时，拱形结构能够起到将其上面的压力转移到侧面，在侧面的重量则由拱形结构两侧的垂直部分来承受。
It works in compression to divert the weight above it out to the sides, where the weight is borne by the vertical elements on either side of the arch.
在主要的拱形结构构件之间是木窗格条。
Between major arched structural framing members are wood muntins.
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