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Red Bridge, Yerevan

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Crosses
  
Hrazdan River

Material
  
Red Tuff

Total length
  
80 m

Bridge type
  
Arch bridge

Construction end
  
1679

Locale
  
Yerevan, Armenia

Height
  
11 m

Location
  
Yerevan

Body of water
  
Hrazdan River

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Constructed by
  
Khoja-plav (reconstructed)

Similar
  
Great Bridge of Hrazdan, Davtashen Bridge, Katoghike Tsiranavor Church of, ARF History Museum, Yerevan TV Tower

The Red Bridge (Armenian: Կարմիր կամուրջ, Karmir kamurj; also known as the Old Bridge of Hrazdan; and also known as Bridge of Khoja Plav, Խոջա Փլավի կամուրջ, Khoja Plavi kamurj) is a ruined 17th-century bridge on the Hrazdan River, in Yerevan, Armenia.

It was called ‘red’ because as it is built of red tuff. The bridge was also called "Khoja-plav bridge" for Khoja-plav, a wealthy man from Kanaker who financed its reconstructruction.

The total length of the bridge was 80 meters and its height was 11 meters. It had 4 arches. Two were in the middle and were squiggly, the other two arches were on the banks of the Hrazdan River.

Before the 1679 earthquake there was a bridge in the same place but it was ruined by the earthquake. It provided economic connections between the Yerevan Fortress (in place of the Yerevan Ararat Wine Factory) and the Ararat Plain.

Historic pictures of the bridge
Remnants of the bridge

References

Red Bridge, Yerevan Wikipedia