Crosses Meriç Material Stone Total length 263 m Location Edirne Construction end 1843 | Locale Edirne, Turkey No. of spans 12 Width 7 m Body of water Maritsa Number of spans 12 | |
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Other name(s) Yeni Köprü (New Bridge)
Mecidiye Köprüsü (Mecidiye Bridge) Similar Kanuni Bridge, Fatih Bridge, Saraçhane Bridge, Yalnızgöz Bridge, Nasrullah Bridge | ||
Meri bridge edirne
Meriç Bridge (Turkish: Meriç Köprüsü), a.k.a. Yeni Köprü, meaning New Bridge or Mecidiye Bridge, after Sultan Abdülmecid I, is a historic Ottoman bridge in Edirne, Turkey. It crosses the Meriç river, carrying the state road .
Construction of the bridge began under the Ottoman sultan Mahmud II (r. 1808–1839), and was completed in 1843 by his successor Abdülmecid I (r. 1839–1861). The 263 m (863 ft) long and 7 m (23 ft) wide bridge has twelve arches.
Bayatlı, A., Edirne Stone Bridges, Edirne 2015. ==References==
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