Alifuatpaşa Bridge
Alifuatpaşa Bridge is a historical bridge that completes the Alifuatpaşa-Geyve-Taraklı-Göynük Nallıhan-Beypazarı-Ayaş-Ankara road in the Geyve district of Sakarya and has been used for 525 years, including today. At the same time II. It is also known as Beyazid Bridge. Son of Fatih Sultan Mehmed II. It was built by the order of Beyazid and in its inscription, "This bridge was built by Fatih's son, II. It was built by Bayazid in H. 901 (M. 1495).” is writing.
The town where the bridge is located is Alifuatpaşa and it took its name from this town. The name of Ali Fuat Cebesoy, who was the first commander who actually started the War of Independence by giving the order to open fire on the British troops advancing from Izmit to Ankara, is kept alive.
The bridge was designed and built by Architect Abdullah, a student of Mimar Sinan. Alifuatpaşa Bridge, which was built with 14 legs, has managed to stand up to the present with the iron melted with lead and the stones are connected to each other with Khorasan mortar made of cut stone. It is stated in the historical documents that Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, during his visit to Geyve, came to the head of this bridge by car, crossed the bridge on foot and continued his way by greeting the people in the town.
