Roman Bridge on the Aesepus

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Presumed position of an ancient bridge of about 300 AD. The bridge led near Sultançayır over Makestos (Susurluk Cay) on the connection between the villages Hadrianutherai (Balıkesir) and Miletopolis (Karacabey).
The bridge had 15 segment arches, was 6.35 m wide and approximately 234 m long.

Sources:
Frederick William Hasluck: A Roman Bridge on the Aesepus, in: The Annual of the British School at Athens, Bd. 12 (1905/06), S. 184–189
Theodor Wiegand: Reisen in Mysien, in: Mitteilungen des Deutschen Archäologischen Instituts, Athenische Abteilung, Heft 29 (1904), S. 254–339 (300f.)
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Coordinates:   39°51'33"N   28°9'31"E
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