Çifte Bridge (, literally "Double Bridge") is the name for two small adjacent historic bridges in

Artvin Province Artvin Province (; Armenian language, Armenian: Արտվինի նահանգ ''Artvini nahang''; ka, , ''Artvinis p'rovintsia''; Laz language, Laz: ართვინიშ დობადონა ''Artvinish dobadona;'') is a Provinces of Turke ...

, northeastern

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. The bridges are in

Arhavi Arhavi ( Laz: არქაბი/Arǩabi; Georgian: არქაბი/arkabi) is a town in Artvin Province located in the Black Sea Region of Turkey. It is the seat of Arhavi District.ilçe The Provinces of Turkey, 81 provinces of Turkey are divided into 973 districts (''ilçeler''; sing. ''ilçe''). In the Ottoman Empire and in the early Turkish Republic, the corresponding unit was the ''qadaa, kaza''. Most provinces bear the s ...

(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), is a highly arched pedestrian bridge. The moon bridge originated in China and was later introduced to Japan, where ...

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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