Babaeski Sinanlı Bridge
QUESTION
7,2 m
20 m
It is a stone arch bridge built by
Mimar Sinan by Sokullu
Mehmet Pasha in the second
half of the 16th century. The
bridge is 123 meters long and
the span of the central arch in
the form of a parabola is 20
meters.
The Sinanlı Bridge will be restored. For this, a platform
was installed under the central arch. The distance between
the highest point of the arch and the platform is 7.2
meters. 4 equal spaced supports will be placed between
the platform and the arch as shown in the figure. What is
the total length of the supports to be used for this job?