Alifuatpaşa Bridge or Second Beyazıt Bridge In the inscription of the fourteen-leg arched cut stone bridge designed by Fakir Abdullah, the architect and engineer of Beyazıt the 2nd, in the town of Alifuatpaşa in the town of Geyve in Sakarya, “This bridge is the son of Fatih, the son of Fatih II. . It was built by Beyazıt in H. 901 (A.D. 1495)”.
The second Bayezid Bridge, built on the Sakarya River, is 196,5 meters long and 5.5 meters wide. The bridge has a seven-line Arabic inscription. Today, only 15 eyes of the bridge, which has 5 eyes, have water. The bridge, which was damaged at various times, was last repaired in 1949.
While the destroyed arches of the bridge, which has fourteen arches, were repaired with iron materials, it was restored twice by putting a steel skeleton under it during the Republic period. Namık Cihan, who has books on the history of the Geyve district, stated that the bridge was built for a strategic purpose.
Namık Cihan, who gave information about the bridge, which was built by Beyazıt and has a history of 2 years, said, “When the bridge became unusable as a result of natural destructions, Beyazıt had this bridge repaired so that his encampment, which passed to Anatolia during the Egypt and Ankara expeditions, could make a comfortable journey. The Ottomans had bridges, baths and mosques built in the places where their camp passed, one of them is this bridge that has survived to the present day. This bridge has one feature. When we look at the bridge, we see that it is empty in the middle, this gap was closed with boards and when a position that caused any occupation or war emerged, these boards were removed and the malicious people on the other side were prevented from entering their own territory. It is a bridge that has been repaired due to the destructions that occurred at different times, has survived from the Ottoman Empire and is still used today.”
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