Misis Bridge is a historical bridge in Adana Province, Turkey. (Misis is the popular name of Yakapınar town, which is now included in Greater Adana).
In the Middle Ages, Mopsuestia was a big city and the bridge was built on one of the most active trade roads to east. It was commissioned by the Roman emperor Flavius Julius Constantius (better known as Constantius II) in the fourth century. It was restored by the Byzantine emperor Justinian I in the sixth century. The bridge suffered damage in the 1998 Adana-Ceyhan earthquake.
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