Eleutherna Bridge | |
|---|---|
 View to the south | |
| Coordinates | 35°20′17″N 24°40′15″E / 35.33806°N 24.67083°E |
| Carries | Footpath to Eleutherna |
| Crosses | Confluence of Pharangitis and Chalopota streams |
| Locale | Prines, Crete, Greece |
| Characteristics | |
| Design | Corbel arch bridge |
| Material | Limestone |
| Total length | 9.35 m |
| Width | 5.05−5.2 m |
| Height | 4−4.2 m |
| Longest span | 3.95 m |
| No. of spans | 1 |
| History | |
| Construction end | Hellenistic period |
| Location | |
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The Eleutherna Bridge is an ancient Greek corbel arch bridge near the Cretan town of Eleutherna, Greece.[1] A similar second bridge standing a short distance south of it collapsed toward the end of the 19th century, with only very few traces remaining.[2]
- ^ Briegleb 1971, p. 258; Galliazzo 1995, pp. 37f.; Nakassis 2000
- ^ Nakassis 2000, pp. 360