Beşli Köprü: A Field Guide to Menemen’s Five-Span Crossing

Field notes

The guide treats the bridge as both transport infrastructure and a readable engineering object, explaining how its upper arches, hangers, deck, wind girders, and piers work together across five spans. Its chronology connects a 1915 wooden predecessor to the 1933–1935 concrete structure, 2014 heritage registration, and a stated 2026 restoration. The page also records a practical distinction between local and official naming: residents say Beşli Köprü, while official sources use Tarihi Gediz (Buruncuk) Köprüsü.