The Tehran Times reports that the Isfahan Metro is now threatening the Si o Seh Pol Bridge (the Bridge of 33 Arches). Built in 1602 during the reign of Shah Abbas the Great, the bridge is one of the finest examples of Safavid construction in Isfahan.
According to the Times, a deviation from the correct course in digging the western end of a tunnel for the Isfahan Metro is threatening the historic Safavid monument. The tunnel-boring machine (TBM) is reported to have deviated from its proper route and bumped into a ramp and a lower part of the bridge. Read the full article here.
Photgraph courtesy of Shahab Maghami under a Creative Commons License.
Post written by Lisa Reynolds Wolfe.
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