It's over the River Seyhan. It was constructed by the Roman Emperor Hadrianus in the 4th century (385). It was an important bridge between Europa and Asia for centuries. Harun Resit (766-809) joined it to Adana Castle with some addings. At the beginning of the 9th century, Memun, who was Harun Resit's son and the 7th Abbasian caliph had it repaired. It was repaired by 3th Ahmet (1713), Kel Hasan Pasha (1847), Ziya Pasha, the Governor of Adana Province (1789) at different times. The epigraphs of these three repairings are present today. The last repairing was constructed in 1949.
It is 319 metres long and 13 metres high. The 14 out of the 21 bridges are still standing. Two lion relieves can be seen on the big bridge in the middle. It's known that it's the oldest bridge of the world which is still in use.
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