Peyia Bridge

[Dominic]

We recently published a film of the unusual Bailey Bridge at Trozena which proved quite popular. And in the past we have featured the famous Trimiklini Double Bridge, and a host of Venetian Bridges. But one structure tops them all in terms of weirdness and eccentricity. And it is a lot closer to home. So let's give some love to Peyia Bridge.

Read the article and chat about it below...
 

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[LouiseCastricum]

In wet winters you can see lots of water going through this bridge. Very special to watch.

[Dominic]

Just had a message from a Mr Nikolas Stavris:

Hello, just wanted to provide some more information regarding your recent article about the bridge in Peyia.

The part of the bridge with the tubes collapsed in 1969 because of a flood - sounds ridiculous now but as my father tells it that year there was so much rain that the river actually overflowed the bridge. Afterwards there was some hasty reconstruction done - hence the tubes.

Before the destruction the bridge had 6 arches in total, that's why the locals still call it "εξακάμαρον (exakamaron)" - literally "six arches".