Karamagara Bridge
The Karamagara Bridge (Turkish: Karamağara Köprüsü, "Bridge of the Black Cave") is a Byzantine or late Roman bridge in the ancient region of Cappadocia in eastern Turkey, and possibly the earliest known pointed arch bridge.
Karamagara Bridge | |
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The single pointed arch of 17 m span | |
| Coordinates | 38.924961°N 38.658486°E |
| Carries | Roman road to Melitene |
| Crosses | Arapgir Çayı |
| Locale | Near Ağın, Elazığ Province, Eastern Anatolia Region, Turkey |
| Characteristics | |
| Design | Pointed arch bridge |
| Material | Stone |
| Longest span | 17 m |
| No. of spans | 1 |
| History | |
| Construction end | 5th or 6th century AD |
| Location | |
The bridge, along with much of the Arapgir Çayı valley, has been submerged since the completion of the Keban Dam in 1975, as a result of which the water level in the Euphrates valley and some of its upstream tributaries dramatically rose.
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