Malabadi Bridge (1955)

The Malabadi Bridge (Turkish: Malabadi Köprüsü) is an 87.6 m (287 ft) long, two lane, deck-arch bridge that crosses the Batman river near Çatakköprü, Diyarbakır Province. The bridge carries the old D.360 state road, as the current highway crosses a newer bridge just south of the two older bridges.

Malabadi Bridge Malabadi Köprüsü
Coordinates	39°09′13″N 41°12′13″E
Carries	2 lanes of the old D.360 road.
Crosses	Batman river
Characteristics
Longest span	87.6 m (287 ft)
History
Designer	Orhan Büyükalp
Construction start	December 1954
Opened	March 1955
Replaces	Malabadi Bridge
Location

Construction of the bridge started in December 1954 and was completed in March 1955, just three and a half months later. With the opening of the bridge, it replaced the historic pointed-arch bridge adjacent to it.[1]