Mes Bridge

Mes Bridge
Mes Bridge
Ura e Mesit
Mes Bridge
Official name Mes Bridge
Crosses Kir River
Locale Mes, Albania
Total length 108 m (354 ft)
Construction end 1770
Coordinates 42°06′52″N 19°34′30″E / 42.1144°N 19.5749°E / 42.1144; 19.5749Coordinates: 42°06′52″N 19°34′30″E / 42.1144°N 19.5749°E / 42.1144; 19.5749

Mes Bridge (Albanian: Ura e Mesit) is a bridge in the village of Mes, about five kilometres north of Shkodër, in northwestern Albania. It was built in the 18th century, approximately around 1770, and it spans the Kir River.[1] It is 108 m long, and represent one of the longest Ottoman bridges in the region.[2]

Gallery

  • Mes Bridge, near Shkodër

  • Mes Bridge (Ura e Mesit), view below

  • Mes Bridge, 1906

References

  1. ^ Ottoman Bridge, Mes, Albania
  2. ^ The Mes Bridge



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