PERPIRA BRIDGE

X: 41.153054 Y: 37.988729 Z: 409.4

Pepira Bridge is located approximately 650m northeast of Bıçakçı village, which is 10.40km north of the center of Batman by bird flight.

The remains of 15 bridge pillars can be seen from the surface, and it is said by the locals that the structure in question is a 32-footed bridge. The name of the bridge is known as "Pepıra" and it is similar to the Hasankeyf (Artuklu) Bridge located in the Hasankeyf district of Batman province. Pepira Bridge was built of limestone smooth stone, and its interior parts were filled with rubble stone. The feet of the bridge, the downstream side are round, and the upstream side is made in the form of a selyaran. Some of the piers on the bridge (the ones in the water bed) are evident. The other feet are not evident as they are buried under the alluvium and soil carried and accumulated by the water and are seen as stone remains. Considering the pier ruins of the bridge, it is thought that the river bed is wider than today and the bridge is probably quite long, it belongs to the group of bridges with multiple eyes and straight roads.