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The bridge over the Euphrates linked the old and the new town. The bridge stood on piers very deeply sunken into the river. The sides of the piers exposed to the stream were shaped into sharp angles to offer a lesser resistance to the water.

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The bridge was covered with planks of cedar and cypress wood, laid on huge palm tree beams and its width might have been of 30 feet (9 meters). No doubt that this construction offered to the esplanade of the old town, between the Esagila (the temple of Marduk) and the Etemenanki (the great Ziggurat), a busy place for handling business.

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A far sight of the bridge over the Euphrates.

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