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The Yavuz Sultan Selim Bridge (Turkish: Yavuz Sultan Selim Köprüsü), also known as the Third Bosphorus Bridge, [2] is a vehicular bridge over the Bosphorus strait, to the north of Istanbul's two older suspension bridges, the 15 July Martyrs Bridge being the First Bosphorus Bridge and Fatih Sultan Mehmet Bridge the Second Bosphorus Bridge.
The bridges spanning the Bosphorus Strait in Istanbul, Turkey are: Bosphorus Bridge, also called the First Bosphorus Bridge, a suspension bridge; Fatih Sultan Mehmet Bridge, also known as the Second Bosphorus Bridge, a suspension bridge; Yavuz Sultan Selim Bridge, also known as the Third Bosphorus Bridge, a suspension bridge
The Bosphorus Bridge (Turkish: Boğaziçi Köprüsü), known officially as the 15 July Martyrs Bridge (Turkish: 15 Temmuz Şehitler Köprüsü) and colloquially as the First Bridge (Turkish: Birinci Köprü), is the oldest and southernmost of the three suspension bridges spanning the Bosphorus strait (Turkish: Boğaziçi) in Istanbul, Turkey, thus connecting Europe and Asia (alongside the ...
15 July Martyrs Bridge (Bosphorus Bridge), the first to be built across the Bosporus, completed in 1973 Fatih Sultan Mehmet Bridge, the second crossing built in 1988, looking from the Asian side towards Rumelihisarı on the European side of the Bosporus Yavuz Sultan Selim Bridge, the third and most recent crossing, in September 2016. The bridge ...
Osman Gazi Bridge Otoyol 5: 2,682 8,799: 2010: Motorway: Kocaeli/Yalova: Bornova Viaduct Otoyol 30 Longest bridge not crossing a body of water in Turkey: 2,328 7,638: 2007: Motorway: Izmir: Mt. Bolu Viaduct No. 1 Otoyol 4: 2,272 7,454: 2006: Motorway: Bolu: Sakarya Viaduct Ankara-Istanbul high-speed railway Longest railway bridge and longest ...
The completed section of highway crosses the Bosphorus Strait via the Yavuz Sultan Selim Bridge, which was opened in August 2016. The route is intended to serve as the outermost beltway of Istanbul as well as being the third road crossing of the Bosphorus.
The world's longest suspension bridges are listed according to the length of their main span (i.e., the length of suspended roadway between the bridge's towers). The length of the main span is the most common method of comparing the sizes of suspension bridges, often correlating with the height of the towers and the engineering complexity involved in designing and constructing the bridge. [4]
The Bosphorus Bridge forms part of the O1 Motorway, while the Fatih Sultan Mehmet Bridge forms part of the Trans-European Motorway. Construction of a third suspension bridge, the Yavuz Sultan Selim Bridge, began on May 29, 2013; [27] it was opened to traffic on August 26, 2016. [28]