Varda Köprüsü

Varda Viaduct Varda Köprüsü
Varda Viaduct seen from northwest.
Coordinates	37°14′35″N 34°58′37″E / 37.24300°N 34.97684°E / 37.24300; 34.97684
Carries	1 track of the Konya-Yenice railway
Crosses	Çakıt Deresi (formerly: Giaour Dere)
Locale	Hacıkırı-Karaisalı, Adana Province, Turkey
Other name(s)	Giaour Dere Viaduct
Owner	Turkish State Railways (TCDD)
Characteristics
Material	Natural stone
Total length	172 m (564 ft)
Height	98 m (322 ft)
No. of spans	11
History
Engineering design by	Philipp Holzmann & Cie, German Empire
Construction start	1905
Construction end	1916; 108 years ago (1916)
Inaugurated	9 October 1918[1]
Location

The Varda Viaduct (Turkish: Varda Köprüsü), aka Giaour Dere Viaduct, locally known as "Alman Köprüsü" or "Koca Köprü" (literally: German Viaduct or Big Viaduct), is a railway viaduct situated at Hacıkırı (Kıralan) village in Karaisalı district of Adana Province in southern Turkey. Designed and built by Imperial German engineers as part of the Baghdad Railway (Haydarpaşa Terminal, Istanbul-Baghdad), the stone arch structure is 63 km (39 mi) from Adana Central Station and 306 km (190 mi) from Konya.