Cendera Bridge
Is a historical Roman Bridge in north Kurdistan in Adiyaman Province, 193 AD - 211 AD. The Pira Cendere or Historic Rome Bridge is located in the old area (the old castle) in the Samsur Province (Adiyaman) - northwest of Kurdistan, and the bridge is about 55 kilometers from the city of Samsur (Adiyaman). The Jandara Bridge is one of the most important and oldest bridges in the world, which is still in use today. The bridge was built by order of the Roman Emperor Septimius Severus in the name of his wife and children in the period between (193 AD - 211 AD) AD. The bridge is constructed as a simple, unadorned, single arch on two rocks at the narrowest point of the creek. At 34.2 m (112 ft) clear span, the structure is quite possibly the second largest extant Roman arch bridge. It is 120 m (390 ft) long and 7 m (23 ft) wide. Roadway flanked by ancient columns
The bridge was rebuilt by th in the ancient city of Samosata (today Samsat ) to begin a war with parthia. Commagenean cities built four Corinthian columns on the bridge, in honor of the Roman Emperor Lucius Septimius Severus (193–211), his second wife Julia Domna, and their sons Caracalla and Publius Septimius Geta as stated on the inscription in Latin on the bridge, In 1997, the bridge was restored. Vehicular traffic was restricted to 5 tons or less. The bridge is now closed to vehicles, and a new road bridge has been built 500 m (550 yd) east of the old bridge [1] [2]