{"id":2860,"date":"2026-11-05T18:58:41","date_gmt":"2026-11-05T18:58:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/caucasusheritage.cornell.edu\/?post_type=heritage_site&p=2860"},"modified":"2026-11-05T18:58:50","modified_gmt":"2026-11-05T18:58:50","slug":"hak-bridge","status":"publish","type":"heritage_site","link":"https:\/\/caucasusheritage.cornell.edu\/?heritage_site=hak-bridge","title":{"rendered":"Hak Bridge"},"content":{"rendered":"

LN.115-0<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n

Hak Bridge<\/h1><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n
Threatened<\/span><\/div><\/div>\n\n
Bridge<\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n
\"LN.115-0ReportDuo\"<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n
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Before Image Date: June 3, 2024<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Impact Image Date: June 9, 2025<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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This asymmetric double-span bridge on the southern side of the village of Hak was built in the early 20th century according to Research on Armenian Architecture (RAA; Karapetyan 2009: 138). The eastern span is narrower than the western and the two arches differ in construction. The eastern arch was built with two rows of polished basalt identical to the arch of the nearby Aghvesahaki Bridge (LN.114-0) dating to the 18th century. The western section of the bridge also has a double-rowed arc, but composed of unpolished stones.<\/p>\n

Satellite imagery from June 9, 2025 shows extensive work being conducted to widen the roadbeds both north and south of the bridge. It is unclear at present if this work will circumvent the historic bridge or lead to its ruin, as CHW has documented in the cases of other historic bridges in the region.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Coordinates: 39.706679, 46.257954<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n

Impact year: 2025<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n

Mission 12<\/span><\/div><\/div>\n\n
CHW Monitoring <\/span>Report 08<\/a><\/div><\/div>\n\n
Site date: 19th c.<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n
More Information \u2192<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n
\"LN.115-0\"<\/div><\/div>\n\n
Image Metadata: n.a.<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n
Photo courtesy of Monument Watch<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n

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