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Fil Bridge

Fil Köprüsü
Fil Bridge; Fil Köprüsü
Coordinates	41°04′06″N 28°56′36″E / 41.068341°N 28.943381°E
Carries	Fil Köprü Avenue
Crosses	Alibeyköy Creek
Locale	Eyüp, Istanbul, Turkey
Official name	Fil Köprüsü
Other name(s)	Silahtarağa Köprüsü; Silahtarağa Bridge
Owner	Metropolitan Municipality of Istanbul
Characteristics
Total length	38 m (125 ft)
Width	7 m (23 ft)
History
Designer	Naşit Arıkan
Construction start	25 August 1930
Construction end	1932; 93 years ago
Construction cost	122,917 Turkish lira
Location

The Fil Bridge (Turkish: Fil Köprüsü), also known as Silahtarağa Bridge (Turkish: Silahtarağa Köprüsü) is a 38 m (125 ft) long, concrete bowstring bridge that crosses the Alibeyköy Creek in Istanbul, Turkey. The bridge was completed in 1932 by the Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality.

The bridge is closed to automobile traffic, with the exception of motorcycles, and is a pedestrian bridge.

References

^ ^a ^b ^c Ş., Şener. "Fil Köprüsü Yapısal Özellikleri" [Fil Bridge Technical Details] (PDF) (in Turkish). Archived from the original (PDF) on 9 August 2017. Retrieved 10 August 2017.
^ ^a ^b ^c Atlas, Kantar (14 June 2016). "Silahdarağa Köprüsü" [Silahdarağa Bridge] (in Turkish). Retrieved 11 August 2017.