Yafes Bridge
Although it is located in Cizre, a district of Şırnak, today it remains within the borders of Syria as the river bed has changed. Located in the east of Cizre, the bridge is known as Ibn Ömer Bridge or Yafes Bridge due to the nearby Yafes village in the sources, and as Bafid Bridge among the people. The XIIth century of the Yafes Bridge, which is in ruins today, only with its great arch and some of its feet remained intact. It is known that it was built in the 16th century, and it was built by the Mosul Atabegs during the Seljuk period. Lime mortar rubble was used as filling material, and large basalt cut stones were used as covering material in the construction of the bridge, which showed an excellent stone workmanship. It has five pointed arches, large in the middle and smaller in the sides.
