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Meriç Bridge (Turkish: Meriç Köprüsü), a.k.a. Yeni Köprü, meaning New Bridge or Mecidiye Bridge, after Sultan Abdülmecid I, is a historic Ottoman bridge in Edirne, Turkey. It crosses the Meriç river, carrying the state road .
Construction of the bridge began under the Ottoman sultan Mahmud II (r. 1808–1839), and was completed in 1843 by his successor Abdülmecid I (r. 1839–1861). The 263-metre-long (863 ft) and 7-metre-wide (23 ft) bridge has twelve arches.
Bayatlı, A., Edirne Stone Bridges, Edirne 2015.
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meriç_Bridge
Address
Edirne
Turkije
Lat: 41.663417816 - Lng: 26.552156448
