The Poladauri Bridge is a 12th–13th-century stone bridge located on the Poladauri River, which locals refer to as Tamar’s Bridge and “Id-Kepri.” “Id-Kepri” translates into Georgian as “Dog Bridge.” It remains unclear what the origin of this name is.
The bridge is situated approximately 10 kilometers away from the former Chatakhi cast-iron foundry, in the narrow gorge of the Poladauri River, and was an important part of the infrastructure of the main road passing through this gorge. Today, the bridge is surrounded by a beautiful forest shrouded in mystery.
The span of the bridge is a beautiful semicircular arch. It is a single-span bridge, shaped as an incomplete semicircle, reflecting the traditional architectural form of the gorge’s bridges. The bridge is built of rubble stone with mortar, and its abutments are grown into the rock.
The length of the bridge is 10.5 meters, the arch width (span) is approximately 8.0 meters, the bridge width itself is 3.0 meters, the height from the river level is 10.35 meters, and the arch thickness is 0.42 meters.
In 2006, the Poladauri Bridge was granted the status of an immovable monument of cultural heritage.