The Suhë Bridge is located near the village of Suhë, 9 km southeast of Gjirokastra. It passes over the bed of the river Suhë, which has no water for most of the year, from which it got its name "suho", which means "dry" in the Slavic language. Initially, it served as a connecting link between the city and the villages of Libohova. The bridge, as we see it today, is 67 m long and has four arches, one of which appears to have been inserted into the river bank. All arches vary in size from 9.50 m, 12 m, 9 m and 6 m wide. The four pillars have the usual water holes, but the last pillar has no circular arches. The two piers supporting the main arch have pointed arches in a style typical of 18th-century Ottoman architecture, a type of foundry arch. The arches are double, built with two layers of small overlapping blocks. The bridge is in a dilapidated state and is missing its entire wall and most of its surface. In 1873, Isambert mentions this bridge as destroyed.
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