First made of wood , the construction was replaced immediately after construction piece by piece by a bridge of sandstone . The bridge pavement is loaded on 16 low stone arches , one of them is filled . On a small man-made island along the bridge is an obelisk monument of British patronage . During the 1953 Ionian earthquake parts of the bridge subsided , after backfilling and straightening of the pavement these damages remain visible from the side until today . In 1970 , the bridge was listed as a historical monument
1953 Ionian earthquake
1953 Ionian earthquake
De Bosset Bridge