two level tunnel known the nysa bridge late imperial roman over cakircak stream ancient city |
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| A two-level tunnel, known as the Nysa Bridge, is a late imperial Roman bridge over the Cakircak stream in Nysa ancient city in Aydin province of Turkey. It was built as a two-level structure: the bottom vault spanned the brook. On top of it a row of arches connected the two hills that formed the urban area. The ground arch spanned the stream on a length of some 100 m 328 ft, giving the bridge |
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