Eurymedon Bridge (Selge) The Roman bridge over the Eurymedon valley Coordinates| 37°11′31″N 31°10′52″E / 37.191973°N 31.181033°E / 37.191973; 31.181033Coordinates: 37°11′31″N 31°10′52″E / 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 Eurymedon Bridge (Turkish: Oluk Köprü) is a Roman bridge over the river Eurymedon (modern Köprüçay) 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] 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] 42 km downstream at Aspendos, the Eurymedon is crossed by another extant old bridge.[3] * Eurymedon Bridge * Eurymedon Bridge * Eurymedon Bridge * Eurymedon Bridge * Eurymedon Bridge * Eurymedon Bridge panorama ## Contents * 1 See also * 2 References * 3 Sources * 4 External links ## See also[edit] * List of Roman bridges * Roman architecture * Roman engineering ## References[edit] 1. ^ a b c d e Galliazzo 1994, p. 409 2. ^ Galliazzo 1994, p. 410 3. ^ O'Connor 1993, p. 126 harvnb error: no target: CITEREFO'Connor1993 (help) ## Sources[edit] * Bean, George E. (1968), Turkey's Southern Shore. An Archaeological Guide, London, p. 139 * Galliazzo, Vittorio (1994), I ponti romani. Catalogo generale, vol. 2, Treviso: Edizioni Canova, pp. 409–410 (No. 856), ISBN 88-85066-66-6 * O’Connor, Colin (1993), Roman Bridges, Cambridge University Press, p. 126 (E25), ISBN 0-521-39326-4 ## External links[edit] Media related to Eurymedon Bridge (Selge) at Wikimedia Commons * v * t * e Roman bridges England| * Chesters Bridge * Piercebridge Roman Bridge * Pons Aelius France| * Pont Ambroix * Pont de Bornègre * Pont des Marchands * Pont du Gard * Pont Flavien * Pont Julien * Pont Serme * Pont sur la Laye * Roman Bridge (Saint-Thibéry) * Roman Bridge (Vaison-la-Romaine) Germany| * Caesar's Rhine bridges * Roman Bridge (Trier) Iran| * Band-e Kaisar Italy| * Pons Aemilius * Pons Agrippae * Ponte Altinate * Pons Cestius * Pons Fabricius * Pons Neronianus * Pons Probi * Pons Sublicius * Pont d'Aël * Pont de Pierre (Aosta) * Pont-Saint-Martin * Ponte d'Augusto (Narni) * Ponte di Tiberio (Rimini) * Ponte Corvo * Ponte del Gran Caso * Ponte Milvio * Ponte Molino (Padua) * Ponte Nomentano * Ponte Pietra (Verona) * Ponte di Pioraco * Ponte di Quintodecimo * Ponte Salario * Ponte San Lorenzo * Ponte Sant'Angelo * Susegana Bridge Lebanon| * Leontes Bridge Portugal| * Ponte de Rubiães * Ponte Nova da Cava da Velha * Roman Bridge (Chaves) Romania| * Constantine's Bridge (Danube) * Trajan's Bridge Spain| * Acueducto de los Milagros, Mérida * Albarregas bridge, Mérida * Alcántara's bridge * Ávila's bridge * Puente de Alcántara, Toledo * Garrovillas de Alconétar's bridge * Córdoba's bridge * Lugo's bridge * Les Ferreres Aqueduct * Mérida's bridge * Salamanca's bridge * Segovia's aqueduct * Talamanca de Jarama's bridge Syria| * Ain Diwar Bridge * Bridge at Nimreh * Gemarrin Bridge * Kharaba Bridge Turkey| * Aesepus Bridge * Arapsu Bridge * Bridge at Oinoanda * Constantine's Bridge (Mysia) * Eurymedon Bridge (Aspendos) * Eurymedon Bridge (Selge) * Karamagara Bridge * Kemer Bridge * Limyra Bridge * Misis Bridge * Macestus Bridge * Nysa Bridge * Penkalas Bridge * Pergamon Bridge * Sangarius Bridge * Severan Bridge * Taşköprü (Adana) * Valens Aqueduct Bridge * White Bridge (Mysia) * Full list of Roman bridges * v * t * e Bridges in Turkey Classical Era (to 330 AD)| | pre-Roman| * Lydian: Caravan (Kemer) * Phrygian: Cilandiras * Persian: Darius' Bosphorus Pontoon * Xerxes' Hellespont Pontoon | Roman (133 BC–AD 330)| * Aspendos (Eurymedon) * Constantine's * Kızılin (Göksu) * Limyra * Mausoleum of Danyal * Nysa * Oinoanda * Penkalas * Pergamon * Severan * Seydikemer (Kemer) * Selge (Eurymedon) * Şekerpınarı * Taşgeçit * Taşköprü (Adana) * Taşköprü (Silifke) Medieval (330–1453)| | Byzantine Empire (330–1453)| * Aesepus * Arapsu * Baç * Gazi Mihal * Karamagara * Kemere * Macestus * Misis * Valens Aqueduct * White | Marwanids (983–1085)| * Dicle Seljuk Sultanate of Rum (1077–1328)| * Akköprü * Altıgöz * Bent (Eğri) * Çeşnigir * Köprüpazar (reconstruction) * Kesikköprü * Tekgöz Ilkhanid Mongols (1256–1335)| * Çobandede Artuqids (1101–1409)| * Ambar Çayı * Devegeçidi * Haburman (Çermik) * Hasankeyf * Malabadi * Palu Karamanids (1250–1487)| * Ala * Bıçakçı * Kravga Eretnids (1335–1381)| * İstasyon (Amasya) Dulkadirids (1337–1517)| * Şahruh Ottoman (1299–1922)| | Pre-conquest (1299–1452)| * Fatih * Irgandı * Saraçhane * Uzunköprü | Expansion (1453–1566)| * Bayezid * Gazi Mihal (reconstruction) * Kanuni * Kanuni Sultan Suleiman * Koyunbaba * Küçükçekmece * Nasrullah * Yeni Imaret Stagnation (1566–1827)| * Abdal * Bent (Eğri) (reconstruction) * Çifte * Fırtına River * Taşköprü (Kars) * Tunca * Yalnızgöz Late Empire (1828–1922)| * Demirköprü * Galata * Fırtına River * Meriç * Taşköprü (Beyşehir) * Varda Viaduct Republic Era (since 1923)| | Box-girder/beam| * Atatürk (Unkapanı) * Ayvalık Strait * Çatalan * Elmadağ * Euphrates Viaduct * Haliç * Karababa * Kennedy * Kömürhan * Regülatör * Sakarya * Seyhan * Tohma | Arch| * Solid-arch: Gönül * Deck-arch: Birecik * Cizre * Devlet Bahçeli * Malabadi (1955) * Umut * Tied-arch: Akçaağıl * Çetinkaya * Fil * Karabekir * Menemen Gediz (Buruncuk) * Nif * Zilek Truss| * Battalgazi * Karkamış Suspension| * 15 July Martyrs * Çanakkale 1915 * Fatih Sultan Mehmet * Osmangazi * Yavuz Sultan Selim (hybrid) Cable-stayed| * Ağın * Golden Horn Metro * New Kömürhan * Nissibi Euphrates Balanced cantilever| * Beğendik Bridges in italics are under construction *[v]: View this template *[t]: Discuss this template *[e]: Edit this template