Eurymedon Bridge (Selge)

The Eurymedon Bridge (Turkish: Oluk Köprü) is a Roman bridge over the river Eurymedon (modern Köprüçay River) near Selge in Pisidia in southern Turkey.^[1] It is part of the road winding up from the coastal region Pamphylia to the Pisidian hinterland.^[1] Located 5 km north of the village Beşkonak in a sparsely settled area, the bridge crosses the Eurymedon high above the valley bottom.^[1]

Eurymedon Bridge (Selge)
The Roman bridge over the Eurymedon valley
Coordinates	37.191973°N 31.181033°E / 37.191973; 31.181033
Crosses	Eurymedon (Köprüçay)
Locale	Near Selge, Pisidia, Turkey
Official name	Oluk Köprü
Characteristics
Design	Arch bridge
Material	Stone
Total length	14 m
Width	3.5 m
Longest span	7 m
History
Construction end	2nd century AD
Location

The excellently preserved structure is 14 m long and 3.5 m wide (with a roadway of 2.5 m).^[1] The clear span of its single arch is c. 7 m, the thickness of its voussoirs, which were set without the use of mortar, 60 cm.^[1] The building technique and the sturdy stonework point to a construction date in the 2nd century AD, a time when Selge was flourishing.^[2]

Forty-two km downstream at Aspendos, the Eurymedon is crossed by another extant old bridge.^[3]

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See also

• List of Roman bridges
• Roman architecture
• Roman engineering