Construction The bridge was built upon the order of
Ottoman Sultan Abdülaziz, from the nearby village
Pramanta. The cost of construction, 180,000
kuruş, was covered by the local communities and the rich merchant Ioannis Loulis. The bridge used to be a trade route, connecting
Tzoumerka with
Epirus and
Thessaly. During
World War II, it was bombed by the
Germans, but withstood the bombing with minor damage. According to the treaty, resistance groups agreed to refrain from infringing on each other's territory, and all future war efforts would be directed against the Germans. This marked the end of the "first round" of the Greek civil war, which had started on October 12, 1943. In spite of the two small relief arches, During heavy rains in 2007, the bridge nearly collapsed, and a restoration was considered but not taken, raising criticism by the public. caused the Arachthos River to rip the bridge's foundations from the riverbanks leading the central section of the bridge to collapse and be washed away. ==References==