Uzunköprü Bridge

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The Uzunköprü Bridge or Long Bridge meaning (Turkish: Uzun köprü) is a 15th-century Ottoman bridge, which gave its name to the town of Uzunköprü.[1]

The bridge was built between 1426 and 1443 by head architect Muslihiddin on the orders of Ottoman Sultan Murad II. The ancient stone-built bridge with 174 arches, is 1,392 m (4,567 ft) long and up to 6.80 m (22.3 ft) wide. Some of the arches are pointed and some are round. Uzunköprü is the longest stone bridge in Turkey.[2]

The bridge was made to cross the Ergene River, which was a natural barrier for advances into the Balkans for the Ottoman Empire; its old name was Ergene Bridge (Ottoman Turkish: Cisr-i Ergene‎). It is so long in order to cross a low-lying marshy area. The bridge was restored in 1963.<ewf name="z1"/>

The Edirne–Izmir state road still passes over the Uzunköprü Bridge.<ewf name="z1"/>

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  1. ↑ Ottoman Architecture, John Freely, page 91, 2011
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