the places that the river flows through include pazardzhik, plovdiv, (next to) parvomay, dimitrovgrad and svilengrad in bulgaria, edirne in turkey and kastanies, pythio, didymoteicho and lavara in greece. there are a number of bridges over the river, including the one at svilengrad, the one west of edirne in turkey and gr-2 with the d110/e90 further south and as its border crossings.