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The Arkadiko Bridge or Kazarma Bridge is a Mycenaean bridge near the modern road from Tiryns to Epidauros in Argolis on the Peloponnese, Greece. The stone crossing, which is dated to the Greek Bronze Age, is one of the oldest crossable arch bridges still in existence. It is the oldest preserved bridge in Europe. [1] [2]
Arkadiko Bridge: Γέφυρα του Αρκαδικού ... Only Classical Greece bridge still in good conditions: 9 m (30 ft) Clapper bridge: Footbridge Erasinos ...
Possibly the oldest existing arch bridge is the Mycenaean Arkadiko Bridge in Greece from about 1300 BC. The stone corbel arch bridge is still used by the local populace. [1] The well-preserved Hellenistic Eleutherna Bridge has a triangular corbel arch. [2] The 4th century BC Rhodes Footbridge rests on an early voussoir arch. [3]
A bridge can be categorized by what it is designed to carry, such as trains, pedestrian or road traffic (road bridge), a pipeline (Pipe bridge) or waterway for water transport or barge traffic. An aqueduct is a bridge that carries water, resembling a viaduct, which is a bridge that connects points of equal height.
The Arkadiko Bridge is one of four Mycenean corbel arch bridges, which are part of a former network of roads, designed to accommodate chariots, between Tiryns and Epidauros in the Peloponnese, in Greece. Dating to the Greek Bronze Age (13th century BC), it is one of the oldest arch bridges still in existence and use. [citation needed]
Arkadiko Bridge; C. Cilandiras Bridge This page was last edited on 8 November 2024, at 20:21 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution ...
Arch bridge: Possibly the oldest existing arch bridge is the Mycenaean Arkadiko Bridge in Greece from about 1300 BC. The stone corbel arch bridge is still used by the local populace. [10] Archimedes' heat ray: is a device that Archimedes is purported to have used to burn attacking Roman ships during the Siege of Syracuse (c. 213–212 BC). It ...
Arkadiko Bridge; Bridge of Arta; D. De Bosset Bridge; E. Eleutherna Bridge; P. Plaka Bridge; Portaikos Bridge; R. Rhodes Footbridge This page was last edited on 3 ...