Bridges
Bridges have a
crucial function within the Amfilissos Area Flow Grid, as
they allow two types of flow (road and stream: land and
water) to intersect without disruption of either.
Bridges have been constructed at all the key intersections
of the roads and streams in the the Amfilissos area,
starting in ancient times, with improvements being made to
bridges on key roads during the period of the Hegemony
(1870-1913), together with some more recent bridge
reconstruction, particul- arly on the Karlovasi-Pyrgos main
road, in order to carry the greater weight and volume of
traffic as the roads were progressively widened during the
past half century.
Interchange
between water and land flows should be possible at each
bridge, but the access paths between the road crossing a
bridge and the underflowing stream are often not well
maintained, and in some case have been blocked. These
interchange pathways play an important role in the Flow
Grid. In cases where they have been eradicated or blocked,
they should be restored.
Ancient Bridges on the Amfilissos River
Ancient
bridge on the old Skourieka-Neochori road, with the plaque
showing its constuctors' names
Ancient
bridge beside the Koumeika-Skoureika road
Bridges of the Hegemony Period (1870-1913)
Near
Balos
At Koumeika:
Bridge under the Square ........................Bridge at
top of the village
Bridge on the Koumeika-Skoureika road: built during the
Hegemony period, now with modern concrete capping
Modern Bridges on the Karlovasi-Pyrgos road
These bridges have
replaced earlier bridges in order to carry the greater
weight and volume of traffic that now uses this road
Bridge
at Pyrgos
Bridge at Koutsi
