Cilandiras Bridge ( tr, Cilandiras Köprüsü) is an ancient bridge in

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. The bridge is around Alfaklar village and to the north of

Karahallı Karahallı is a town and district of Uşak Province in the inner Aegean region of Turkey. Karahallı district area neighbors those of two other districts of the same province to the north, namely Ulubey and Sivaslı, and to the south those of tw ...

ilçe (district) of

Uşak Province Uşak ( tr, Uşak ili ) is a province in western Turkey. Its adjacent provinces are Manisa to the west, Denizli to the south, Afyon to the east, and Kütahya to the north. The provincial capital is Uşak, and its licence location code is 64. The ...

at . It is over Banaz Creek which is a tributary of Büyük Menderes River. According to Uşak municipality, the one arch bridge was constructed during the

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n era of

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. Its length is and width is . Its height over the river is . Both sides of the bridge superimpose on rock. During a maintenance, a cement portion had been added to the original structure.Uşak municipality page
/ref> Currently there is a small hydroelectric plant next to the bridge. The area around the bridge and the small waterfall of the plant is a popular picnic site.

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