Penkalas Bridge | |
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 Penkalas Bridge in 1992 | |
| Coordinates | 39°12′03″N 29°36′44″E / 39.200833°N 29.612222°E |
| Crosses | Penkalas (Kocaçay) |
| Locale | Aezani, Turkey |
| Characteristics | |
| Design | Arch bridge |
| Material | Stone |
| No. of spans | 5 |
| History | |
| Construction end | 2nd century AD |
| Location | |
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The Penkalas Bridge is a Roman bridge over the Penkalas (today Kocaçay), a small tributary of the Rhyndakos (Adırnas Çayı), in Aezani, Asia Minor (Çavdarhisar in present-day Turkey).
The 2nd-century AD structure was once one of four ancient bridges in Aezani and is assumed to have been the most important crossing-point due to its central location in the vicinity of the Zeus temple and the direct access it provided to the Roman road to Cotyaeum (Kütahya).[1] According to reports by European travellers, the ancient parapet remained in use as late as 1829, having been replaced today by an iron railing.[1]
Around 290 m upstream, another well-preserved, almost identical five-arched Roman bridge leads across the Penkalas.[1]
