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Arkadiko Bridge

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Arkadiko Bridge
Arkadiko Bridge
Arkadiko Bridge
Arkadiko Bridge
Arkadiko Bridge
Arkadiko Bridge
Arkadiko Bridge
Arkadiko Bridge
Arkadiko Bridge
Arkadiko Bridge
Arkadiko Bridge
Arkadiko Bridge
Arkadiko Bridge
Arkadiko Bridge
Arkadiko Bridge
Arkadiko Bridge
Arkadiko Bridge
Arkadiko Bridge
Arkadiko Bridge
Address:
Leof. Asklipiou 27, Arkadiko 210 52, Greece

The Arkadiko Bridge or Kazarma Bridge is a Mycenaean bridge near the modern road from Tiryns to Epidauros on the Peloponnese, Greece. Dating to the Greek Bronze Age, it is one of the oldest arch bridges still in existence and use today. The corbel arch bridge belonged in Mycenaean times to a highway between the two cities, which formed part of a wider military road network. It has a culvert span of ca. 1 m and is made in the typical Mycenaean manner of Cyclopean stones. The structure is 22 metres long, 5.60 metres wide at the base and 4 metres high. The width of the roadway atop is about 2.50 metres . The sophisticated layout of the bridge and the road indicate that they were specifically constructed for use by chariots. Built in the late Late Helladic III , the bridge is still used by the local populace.
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