Akarsin Bridge

Akarsin Bridge
Akarsin Viyadüğü
Dikmenli, Artvin, Turkey
361 feet high / 110 meters high
433 foot span / 132 meter span
2007

Akarsin Bridge is one of 4 large beam bridges that cross over sections of the reservoir behind the Deriner Dam in Northeast Turkey. The 438 kilometer Chorokhi (also Çoruh) River is one of the longest in Turkey with as many as 17 hydroelectric dams completed or planned along its length.

Akarsin Bridge is a cantilevered concrete 2-lane beam structure with a span configuration of 71.5+132+71.5 meters on piers as tall as 102 meters.

In addition to Akarsin Bridge the reservoir is also crossed by Berta, Sengan and Budan Bridges on the Artvin - Erzurum Road.