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Mesi Bridge

Name: Mesi Bridge
Rating: 2

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Location: Shkodër, Albania

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1. Mesi Bridge – 90 Pods Hostel loop from Alibegaj

38.5km

01:44

170m

Easy road ride. Great for any fitness level. Mostly well-paved surfaces and easy to ride.

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2. Mesi Bridge – No Road to Montenegro Border loop from Omaraj

52.0km

02:14

210m

Intermediate road ride. Good fitness required. Mostly well-paved surfaces and easy to ride.

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3. Scenic Road to Prekal – Mesi Bridge loop from Omaraj

59.1km

03:14

540m

Intermediate road ride. Good fitness required. Mostly well-paved surfaces and easy to ride.

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Bruno Ferraro

April 23, 2024

Mesi Bridge (Albanian: Ura e Mesit "The bridge in the middle") is a bridge in the village of Mes, about 5 km (3.1 mi) (as the crow flies) northeast of Shkodër, in northwestern Albania. It is a monument of Postribë culture, turning the site into a tourist attraction with a lot of visitors from all around the world. For foreigners the architecture of the bridge is intriguing with round slick stones and stone plates. The surrounding panorama gives the bridge an even more picturesque view. The Albanian Development Fund invested 13 million lekë so the tourists could step on the bridge and watch it closely because there was no entry way to the bridge.

It was built in the 18th century, around 1770, by Kara Mahmud Bushati, the local Ottoman pasha, and spans the Kir River. The building was divided in 2 phases where the first phase was only the middle arc and the arc near it and the second phase included the other 11 arches. The purpose was to connect the city of Shkodër with the city of Drisht and other cities of the northern side. It is 108m long, 3.4 meters wide, 12.5 meters high with 13 arches, and is one of the longest examples of an Ottoman bridge in the region. It was built as part of the road that goes up the Kir Valley, eventually to Pristina.

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Location: Shkodër, Albania

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1. Mesi Bridge – 90 Pods Hostel loop from Alibegaj

2. Mesi Bridge – No Road to Montenegro Border loop from Omaraj

3. Scenic Road to Prekal – Mesi Bridge loop from Omaraj

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