Mes Bridge

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Mes Bridge
Ura e Mesit
Mes Bridge
Coordinates Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
Crosses Kir River
Locale Mes, Albania
Official name Mes Bridge
Characteristics
Total length 108 m (354 ft)
History
Construction end 1770

Mes Bridge (Albanian: Ura e Mesit "bridge in the middle")[1] is a bridge in the village of Mes,[2] about five kilometres (straight line) northeast of Shkodër, in northwestern Albania. It was built in the 18th century, around 1780, by Kara Mahmud Bushati, the local Ottoman pasha,[1] and it spans the Kir River.[3] It is 108 m long, and represent one of the longest Ottoman bridges in the region.[4] It was built as part of the road that goes up the Kir Valley, eventually to Pristina.[3]

Gallery

  • Shkodra old bridge.jpg

    Mes Bridge, near Shkodër

  • Shkodra – Way to Skreli (W Le Queux).jpg

    Mes Bridge, 1906

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  2. ↑ There are numerous bridges in Albania named Ura e Mesit which simply means that they were between towns/villages.Gloyer 2008, p. 160 However, in this case there is a village named "Mes" on the west bank of the Kir, next to the bridge.Mes (Approved) at GEOnet Names Server, United States National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  4. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.


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