Tis Abbay (bridge)

The old bridge over the Abbay river, 30 km east of Bahir Dar, is an L-shaped, stone structure 64 m in length, composed of 8 arches. Like many other bridges, and indeed stone monuments, it is traditionally attributed to King Fasiladas. But, according to the Portuguese Father Jerónimo Lobo, it was built during the reign of Fasiladas’s father, Susneyos, with the help of Indian masons brought in by the Jesuit missionaries from Goa. Father Manuel de Almeida mentions that the bridge was built in 1626.
The bridge was restored some years ago by the Ethiopian cultural heritage conservation authority.