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, northeastern

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. The bridges are in

Arhavi Arhavi ( Laz: არქაბი/Arǩabi; Georgian: არქაბი/arkabi) is a town and district of Artvin Province located in the Black Sea Region of Turkey. The terrain is hilly and mountainous. Area of the city center is about , and the ...

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(district) at . They span two small rivers, the Kamilat and Soğucak, just above their confluence. The bridges do not bear any inscription indicating when they were constructed. Scholars have estimated that they were built during the 18th century, during the

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. The traveler's periodical ''Atlas'' gives their construction date as 19th century.Atlas periodical
/ref> The bridges are located perpendicular to each other. Both are identical single-arch

moon bridge A moon bridge (月桥), also known as “''sori-bashi"'' (反り橋) in Japanese, or as a drum bridge (“taiko-bashi” 太鼓橋),Liu, Yan (2020-09-01). "A full moon in another land: The Moon Bridge in the Japanese garden of the Huntington Libra ...

s of length and width . They underwent restoration in 2002. Due to their architectural structure and limited width, the bridges are in use for pedestrians only.Culture portal
/ref> Modern road bridges have been built slightly upstream to carry vehicle traffic.

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