Daily Post Prompt : Bridge
In response to daily post’s prompt : Bridge
This bridge is called the Siosepol bridge. It is a stone double-deck arch bridge in Isfahan, Iran. It is also called, “Bridge of 33 arches.”
It’s construction began in 1599 and was completed in 1602. It’s 298 meters long and 13.75 meters wide.It has 33 spans, it has the longest span of 5.6 meters. It crosses the Zayendeh river and is located in the southern end of Chahar Bagh Avenue. It is considered the largest Iranian construction on water.
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Dear Ranu,
Thank you for sharing this post about this bridge in Iran. I was not familiar with it.
Bridge-builders perform a very important task.
All good wishes,
robert
Dear Robert,
Thank you, yes their job is very important. 🙂
An impressive structure. It looks so fine after more than four hundred years!
When I read the prompt “Bridge,” all I thought was building and blowing up bridges in the wars then I came across this impressive structure. I thought
this would be an ideal post. I knew nothing about it, it gave me the incentive to write about it. My blogger friend
Robert said he didn’t know about it and was pleased I posted it.