Sangarius Bridge
Sangarius Bridge | |
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Sangarius Bridge | |
| Coordinates | 40°44′N 30°22′E / 40.74°N 30.37°E |
| Carries | Road from Constantinople to east in Byzantine times |
| Crosses | Çark Deresi (Antiquity: Sangarius) |
| Locale | Close to Adapazarı, Turkey |
| Characteristics | |
| Design | Arch bridge Cutwaters on both sides |
| Material | Limestone blocks |
| Total length | 429 m |
| Width | 9.85 m |
| Height | 10 m |
| Longest span | 24.5 m |
| No. of spans | 7 main arches + 5 floodways |
| Piers in water | 6 |
| History | |
| Construction end | 562 AD |
| Location | |
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The Sangarius Bridge or Bridge of Justinian (Turkish: Justinianos Köprüsü or Beşköprü) is a late Roman bridge over the river Sakarya (Latin: Sangarius, Greek Σαγγάριος) in Anatolia, in modern-day Turkey. It was built by the East Roman Emperor Justinian I (527–565 AD) to improve communications between the capital Constantinople and the eastern provinces of his empire. With a remarkable length of 430 m, the bridge was mentioned by several contemporary writers, and has been associated with a supposed project, first proposed by Pliny the Younger to Emperor Trajan, to construct a navigable canal that would bypass the Bosporus.