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The Bent Bridge consists of 18 stone arches and is 179.60 m (589.2 ft) long and 4.55 m (14.9 ft) wide. Traveling from Sivas, the bridge rises from the northern bank of the river and runs almost easterly for 60 m (200 ft) across the first six arches. At that point the
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1378:Bridges in
1226:Tied-arch:
1198:Deck-arch:
1003:Yeni Imaret
901:(1337–1517)
899:Dulkadirids
881:(1335–1381)
852:(1250–1487)
808:(1101–1409)
758:Bent (Eğri)
623:Şekerpınarı
260:Mesopotamia
216:Bent Bridge
135:Arch bridge
80:Bent Bridge
72: /
46:Coordinates
23:Bent Bridge
1396:Categories
1311:Osman Gazi
1289:Suspension
1275:Battalgazi
1250:(Buruncuk)
1065:Demirköprü
850:Karamanids
820:Devegeçidi
815:Ambar Çayı
773:Kesikköprü
687:Karamagara
682:Gazi Mihal
612:Seydikemer
533:Cilandiras
531:Phrygian:
449:0907132340
362:References
265:Historian
228:Eğri Köprü
189:Statistics
97:Kızılırmak
78: (
59:37°02′28″E
27:Eğri Köprü
1296:Bosphorus
1243:Karabekir
1233:Çetinkaya
1160:Regülatör
1049:Yalnızgöz
998:Nasrullah
988:Koyunbaba
952:Uzunköprü
947:Saraçhane
830:Hasankeyf
796:Çobandede
537:Persian:
518:pre-Roman
463:15 August
294:Classical
1364:Beğendik
1318:(hybrid)
1280:Karkamış
1228:Akçaağıl
1155:Kömürhan
1146:Karababa
890:(Amasya)
888:İstasyon
879:Eretnids
835:Malabadi
806:Artuqids
763:Çeşnigir
697:Macestus
638:Taşgeçit
602:Pergamon
597:Penkalas
592:Oinoanda
524:Lydian:
307:Ilkhanid
286:moulding
277:period.
204:Location
168:of spans
141:Material
113:, Turkey
1381:italics
1200:Birecik
1165:Sakarya
1150:Kennedy
1132:Elmadağ
1127:Çatalan
968:Bayezid
942:Irgandı
864:Bıçakçı
753:Altıgöz
748:Akköprü
667:Aesepus
614:(Kemer)
607:Severan
528:(Kemer)
526:Caravan
425:Sources
275:Ottoman
252:Malatya
224:Turkish
176:History
93:Crosses
1170:Seyhan
1070:Galata
978:Kanuni
908:Şahruh
869:Kravga
778:Tekgöz
692:Kemere
672:Arapsu
577:Limyra
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338:Kangal
290:spolia
244:Turkey
131:Design
103:Locale
1268:Truss
1259:Zilek
1205:Cizre
1193:Gönül
1175:Tohma
1142:Haliç
1080:Meriç
1044:Tunca
1029:Çifte
1019:Abdal
937:Fatih
730:Dicle
712:White
702:Misis
311:Baiju
256:Syria
236:Sivas
157:Width
107:Sivas
1333:Ağın
1222:Umut
1184:Arch
840:Palu
587:Nysa
465:2017
444:ISBN
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