Mahakanadarawa Stone Bridge Mahakanadarawa Stone Bridge (Sinhala: මහකනදරාව පැරණි ගල් පාළම) is an ancient bridge over the Kanadara Ela near Mahakanadarawa Wewa in Anuradhapura District, Sri Lanka. History This bridge is believed to have been erected at the same time as Mahakanadarawa Wewa built by King Mahasena (276-303 A.D.). The ancient road that ran from Anuradhapura to the north of the country would have lain over this bridge. The bridge The bridge has been made of smoothened rock slabs. It lies north and south and consisted of 14 spans of which the only one broken adjoins the northern abutments (Bell, 1904). The roadway of the bridge, varying from 8 ft. 6 in. to 10 ft. in width across the three uprights, was formed of seven horizontal slabs laid across the three centre and two end spans, and of six slabs elsewhere (Bell, 1904). The piers at the deepest point are 5. ft. 6 in. out of the ground (Bell, 1904). A protected monument The Mahakanadarawa stone bridge (and the archaeological site in the extent of 150 m aro…
