Tigris Bridge at Diyarbakır

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Coordinates: 37 ° 53 '14 "  N , 40 ° 13' 46"  E

Tigris Bridge
The Tigris Bridge at Diyarbakır
Official name	On Gözlü Köprü
Crossing of	Tigris
place	Between Diyarbakır and Silvan ( Turkey )
construction	Arch bridge
overall length	180
width	7th
Number of openings	10
location
Above sea level	580  m

The Tigris Bridge (also: On Gözlü Köprü ) near Diyarbakır leads over the Tigris and rests on ten arches. It is about three kilometers outside the city walls on the way south on the old road to Silvan . The bridge is 180 m long and 7 m wide and is made of black basalt stones. Because of the ten arches it is also known as the bridge with the ten eyes .

The arch bridge was built according to an inscription by Marwanids : on behalf of the judge Ebü'l-Hasan Abdülvâhid by an architect named Ubeyd in the years 1064-1065. The bridge is still in use and was restored in 2008.

Web links

Commons : Tigris Bridge at Diyarbakır  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Nazan San: One City, One Man (Volume 4). on the website of Turkish Radio - Television Corporation (TRT)