Irmak Bridge
Irmak Bridge

Irmak Bridge

  • CLIENT

  • General Directorate of Highways – 4th Regional Directorate

  • TEAM

  • Architectural Conservation:

    Umut Bilgiç, Serkan Songur, Merve Çolak, Gözde Yıldız, Firdevs Gülcen, Zeynep Akgül, Oğuz Bostancı, Sefa Er, A. Yasin Eginligil

    Engineering:

    Structural – OPTENG Engineering

    Electrical – PROMETE Engineering

  • CONSULTANTS

  • Engineering:

    Structural – Prof. Dr. Uğurhan Akyüz [Middle East Technical University]

Irmak (Kızılırmak) Bridge located in Yahşihan District of Kırıkkale Province was built in 1951. The bridge is of the three jointed “arch bridge” type and has reached the present day by preserving the characteristics of its construction period and its original materials. The bridge, which is built with a southeast-northwest extension, has a total of four pillars, one in Kırıkkale (southeast) direction, one in Ankara (northwest) direction and two carrying the arch.

 

The project includes Documentation – Problem Analysis, Material Analysis, Historical Research – Restitution, Intervention Decisions – Restoration, Civil and Electrical Engineering projects.

Location

General View

Site Plan

Elevation

Sections

Piers of the Bridge