Nerki Hand Bridge :: ARMENIAN HISTORICAL MONUMENTS

Nerki Hand Bridge 1870 y․

Azerbaijan / Northern Artsakh / Dashkesan / Banants

Location

The stone-built bridge of Nerki Hand is situated over the river Artinajoor, 3.5 kilometres north-east of Banants Village, Karhat (Dashkesan) District, Northern Artsakh—a region that suffered deportation of its Armenian population in 1988 and has been annexed to Azerbaijan since then.

Karapetian, Samvel. The Bridges of Artsakh, Yerevan, 2009, p. 116.
Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 82.

Historical Introduction
1870 y․

Erected in 1870 parallel with the construction of the road Banants-Gandzak.

Nor-Dar, 1887, No. 113, p. 3 (the original in Armenian).
Karapetian, Samvel. The Bridges of Artsakh, Yerevan, 2009, p. 116.
Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 82.

1945 y․

It was ruined in the aftermath of explosion during the building of the railway line of Gandzak-Karhat in 1945.