Mes Bridge
| Mes Bridge Ura e Mesit |
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| Coordinates | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. |
| Crosses | Kir River |
| Locale | Mes, Albania |
| Official name | Mes Bridge |
| Characteristics | |
| Total length | 108 m (354 ft) |
| History | |
| Construction end | 1770 |
Mes Bridge (Albanian: Ura e Mesit "bridge in the middle")[1] is a bridge in the village of Mes,[2] about five kilometres (straight line) northeast of Shkodër, in northwestern Albania. It was built in the 18th century, around 1780, by Kara Mahmud Bushati, the local Ottoman pasha,[1] and it spans the Kir River.[3] It is 108 m long, and represent one of the longest Ottoman bridges in the region.[4] It was built as part of the road that goes up the Kir Valley, eventually to Pristina.[3]
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Mes Bridge, near Shkodër
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Shkodra – Way to Skreli (W Le Queux).jpg
Mes Bridge, 1906
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- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ There are numerous bridges in Albania named Ura e Mesit which simply means that they were between towns/villages.Gloyer 2008, p. 160 However, in this case there is a village named "Mes" on the west bank of the Kir, next to the bridge.Mes (Approved) at GEOnet Names Server, United States National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
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