Tunca Bridge (, aka ''Ekmekçizade Ahmet Paşa Köprüsü'') is a historic bridge in

Edirne Edirne (; ), historically known as Orestias, Adrianople, is a city in Turkey, in the northwestern part of the Edirne Province, province of Edirne in Eastern Thrace. Situated from the Greek and from the Bulgarian borders, Edirne was the second c ...

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. It is on the road connecting

to Karaağaç and spans over the

Tundzha The Tundzha ( ; ; ''Tonsus'' in antiquity) is a river in southeastern Bulgaria and northwesternmost Turkey, a left tributary of the Maritsa. With a length of 390 km, of which 350 km are in Bulgaria, it is Maritsa's longest tributary, ...

River just to the north of the intersection point of Tunca and

Meriç River Maritsa or Maritza ( ), also known as Evros ( ) and Meriç ( ), is a river that runs through the Balkans in Southeast Europe. With a length of ,

s. It was commissioned by Ekmekçizade Ahmet Pasha who was a defterdar of the

Ottoman Empire The Ottoman Empire (), also called the Turkish Empire, was an empire, imperial realm that controlled much of Southeast Europe, West Asia, and North Africa from the 14th to early 20th centuries; it also controlled parts of southeastern Centr ...

between 1606 and 1613. Its architect was probably Sedefkar Mehmet Aga who was also the architect of

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. Its construction period was between 1608 and 1615. It is an arch bridge with 11 abutments and 10 arches. There is also a small tower in the midpoint.Culture portal
/ref> The length of the bridge is and the width is .
/ref> Although a part of the bridge including the small tower had been damaged during the frequent floods, in 2008 it was restored.

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