Karamagara Bridge
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This article is about the historic Roman bridge. For the 2015-built bridge in the same area, see Ağın 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.[1]
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Karamagara Bridge | |
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Coordinates | 38.924961°N 38.658486°E / 38.924961; 38.658486 |
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 |
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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.[2]