Red Bridge (border)

Red Bridge წითელი ხიდი (Georgian) Qırmızı Körpü (Azerbaijani)
The Red Bridge
Coordinates	41°19′45″N 45°04′23″E / 41.32922°N 45.07311°E / 41.32922; 45.07311
Carries	Pedestrians
Crosses	Khrami river
Locale	Georgian-Azerbaijani border
Characteristics
Design	Arch bridge
Material	Brickwork
Total length	175 m (574 ft)
Width	4.3 m (14 ft) (middle) /11.7 m (38 ft) (ends)
Longest span	26.1 m (86 ft)
No. of spans	4
Piers in water	3
History
Opened	17th century
Location
Interactive map of Red Bridge

Red Bridge (Azerbaijani: Qırmızı Körpü; Georgian: წითელი ხიდი, Tsiteli Khidi) is the border crossing between Georgia and Azerbaijan on the Tbilisi to Ganja road.^[1] The term translates into English as Red Bridge, and is so named because there is a red-brick arch bridge across the Khrami River in the no-man's land area between the border posts. The bridge's current structure is mostly 17th century, but there has been a bridge on the site since the 12th century crossing. The 'red' bridge had been in day-to-day use until 1998, when a new and considerably larger bridge was completed as part of the TRACECA (Europe-Caucasus-Asia) project.

Red Bridge Market

Throughout the 1990s there was a large no-man's land market here^[2] largely operated by ethnic Azerbaijanis from Georgia's Marneuli area. The market was controversially closed in spring 2006 as part of Georgia's anti-smuggling campaign.

See also

• List of international bridges

References

1. "Practical travel information on Visas in Georgia - Lonely Planet Travel Information". December 29, 2014. Archived from the original on 2014-12-29.
2. Azerbaijan with excursions to Georgia published by Trailblazer, third edition, page 265

41°19′45″N 45°04′23″E / 41.3292°N 45.0731°E / 41.3292; 45.0731