Looking for a 19th century abandoned mineral railroad bridge

I ignore Google's recommendation about the most convenient route as I follow a more scenic shortcut instead. It doesn't make my car's suspension happy but it definitely fills my eyes with much better views than just tarmac and concrete. Right after the village of Agios Konstantinos I'm already happily driving through an olive grove:

Which later gives it's place to this fantastic pine forest while still in total absence of tarmac:

The scent scent of those pine trees is mesmerising and as I am heading East I see from the corner of my eye on my left some relics in the woods that might be of some interest. I deviate and park the car for a closer look.

This large (for the standards of the area) gate is a sign that there used to be some short of wealth here:

You might laugh at it now but consider that the vast majority of the properties around have way more humble doors and I bet that the rest of the fence left and right was a later add on as the original one was gone over the year.

The spot is so beautiful - wish I had a property at a place like this:

I can't find an easy way to get in so I walk by the fence to have a look on what is what. Interesting to see that they used all these stones to built this road back in the day (late 19th - early 20th the latest):

Which means that either the property owners were wealthy enough to do so or the road used to lead to something important or both. That's quite the opposite of today as even locals don't use this anymore.

The vegetation is so dense today as the whole thing has been left unattended for god knows how long but those massive stone walls tell the story of the past's wealth - hope you manage to see them behind the woods:

As I reach one end of this property I get a better view to the road I took to make this deviation:

As you can see it looks like a dam in the middle of nowhere. Pretty weird looking at it and driving on top of it. Lovely view to this olive grove from the same spot:

Here's some more from the same property:

I walk back to the gate and try to find a way to get in without much drama but doesn't look like that the case here. I climb this hill in search of a point of entry:

As you can see not much luck except the luck of being surrounded by pine trees:

Time to go down again unfortunately empty handed:

I can't complain though, I can be happily lost in those wonderful dirt roads:

Just in case one finds pine trees boring the vegetation becomes more diverse at points like this:

After several km driving alone (with an exception of one (1) car) through this sweet pine forest I am back on tarmac. I make a stop at the following bridge cause it is similarly named to the bridge I want to visit later:

As you see it's an old stone bridge but other than that nothing so interesting. Here's a picture of the stream that goes under though the penetrating sun and high humidity are not picture friendly:

These conditions make it even worse as I try to picture the bridge from the otherside:

After some unpaved roads through a pine forest I find myself on this brand new tarmac with such a view - can't complain if nothing else:

Right after the above click I get my first sight of my destination - it's right where those twin cylindrical concrete silos are in the middle of this picture:

I park my car on this sweet warm December day (beyond warm actually, 20C!!) and here's a flag in the middle of nowhere just in case you wonder which country's soil is under my feet:

Finally I get a first view of the bridge I'm looking for:

Feels weird to walk on a trail where more than a hundred years ago trains full of minerals used to run instead:

I love the view of both sides from up there:

You might noticed that big old pine tree covering part of the abandoned train line, it deserves more shots:

I don't need it that much right now but in the summer it must be heaven on earth for the visitors of its huge shade.

Let's have a closer look to what is left from that train bridge, don't forget that as I said it served only to carry the mineral cargo from the mines around:

In the next one you can also see the concrete silos:

Nature has its own unique way to fill the gaps on deserted places and the grass that grows between these wood boards is here to remind as all:

However, I'd better walk on thin ice than over those broken/rotten boards so I walk back to the pine's shade,

and take a few more pictures of the view before I seek a safer path to see the rest of the bridge - I think the images really speak for this wonderful day:

The view of the bridge from below is not that bad either:

Here's a super old tree - imagine that this olive tree has been here way before the bridge was even planned:

What a lovely cute pine tree - it's like a Christmas tree!

As I approach the bridge I am really impressed by the perfect condition of its stone pillars - they're the only parts of the whole construction that look just like they did back in the day:

The rest of the view remains sweet:

With a little more careful look I can see a couple of cracks on those stone walls so you may consider my previous comments as a result of overexcitement but still nothing that critical compared to the rest of the mess (wait for it):

Are there more cracks that this pine tree tries to hide? Who knows:

Time to walk under the bridge which really shows the unsurprising mess of the train line:

On the other hand look how pristine the stones look:

On the contrary the concrete wall even though it's younger it's an absolute mess:

There's two loading rooms under those two silos:

Empty space means spray playground for some guys, "Moyo" being one of them:

On each roof there's one opening:

And one port on each ceiling which used to be controlled by a wire:

Here's some of the stuff one can find in there:

And here's how the bridge looks from the inside:

Time to check out those concrete silos:

Gotta climb up first:

The view from the top is enriched by those pine trees:

Which is welcome cause the silos can't provide anything scenic:

It's a great chance to picture the bridge from above though:

And the openings I pictured before (see "Moyo's" signature on the top right one once again):

At this point I think I've seen enough so it's time to go down again:

This stone canal dates back at the same era I guess:

My next finding is a very unique moment for me as it's the first time I meet the carcass of a turtle since my summer vacations as a single digit aged kid when we used to count dead turtles in the forest after wildfires:

Impressive how light their colour turns when they're dead as it's exposed lifeless to the sun.

Would you like a video with clips of both parts? Be my guest:

Hope you had a good time exploring with me,

see you on the next one!