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Aesepus Bridge Roman bridge over the Aesepus river (Gönen Çay), Mysia, Turkey. It is notable for its advanced hollow chamber system which has also been employed in other Roman bridges in the region. In a field examination carried out in the early 20th century, the four main vaults of the bridge were found in ruins, while nearly all piers and the seven minor arches had still remained intact; the present state of preservation is unknown.

Roman bridge over the Aesepus river (Gönen Çay), Mysia. Hasluck, Frederick William:

Bridge

Location:

Türkiye, Gebeçınar
geo:40.267479,27.602262
Location ± 0-5 m.

Period or year:

-400~ / unknown

Class:

Bridge
visible

Identifiers:

vici:place=11501
wikidata:entity=Q409720

Annotations

Sources:

Vittorio Galliazzo, , I ponti romani. Catalogo generale, Vol. 2, Edizioni Canova, Treviso 1994: p. 417
Frederick William Hasluck,, "A Roman Bridge on the Aesepus", The Annual of the British School at Athens, 1905–1906, vol. 12: pp. 184–189,

http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aiseposbr%C3%BCcke

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