Malabadi Bridge - Central;
The Bridge, which has been over Batman Brook, at Batman-Silvan-Diyarbakir motorway, has been known as the bridge with the widest arch among the stone arched bridges. The bridge is 17 meters width and 150 meters length. Its height is 19 meters from the water level up to key block. It had been built by Timurtaş bin İlgazi bin Artuq during Artuquid Period in 147. There are inn-rooms at the both entries of the bridge. There are human figures, those exist over the other significant Artuquid bridges and those hold subjects symbolizing the signs of the zodiac, on the abutment parts.
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