Hasyurt, Türkiye
Bridge near Limyra
The Bridge near Limyra is a late Roman bridge in Lycia, in modern south-west Turkey, and one of the oldest segmented arch bridges in the world. Located near the ancient city of Limyra, it is the largest civil engineering structure of antiquity in the region, spanning the Alakır Çayı river over a length of 360 m on 26 segmental arches. These arches, with a span-to-rise ratio of 5.3:1, give the bridge an unusually flat profile, and were unsurpassed as an architectural achievement until the late Middle Ages.
- City
- Hasyurt
- Country
- Türkiye
- Category
- Historic
- Suggested visit
- About 90 minutes
Background: Wikipedia