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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 ...
The Bosphorus Bridge, known officially as the 15 July Martyrs Bridge and colloquially as the First Bridge, is the oldest and southernmost of the three suspension bridges spanning the Bosphorus strait in Istanbul, Turkey, thus connecting Europe and Asia. Overview. Map. Directions.
Bosporus, strait uniting the Black Sea and the Sea of Marmara and separating parts of Asian Turkey (Anatolia) from European Turkey. The Bosporus is 19 miles (30 km) long and has a maximum width of 2.3 miles (3.7 km) and a minimum width of 2,450 feet (750 meters).
After the failed coup attempt in July 2016, the bridge was officially renamed as “15 July Martyrs Bridge”, but most Istanbulites still simply call it “Boğaz Köprüsü”, the Bosphorus Bridge. The bridge, spanning 1510 meters over the Bosphorus, connects the districts Beşiktaş and Üsküdar.
The Bosphorus Bridge, or as it is known in Turkish “Bogazici Koprusu” is officially named as 15 July martyrs Bridge or “ 15 Temmuz Koprusu” and it is one of the three brdges that connect Asian with Europe. The Bosphorus Bridge was the first bridge to be constructed among these three bridges.
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The Bosphorus bridge begins on the European side in Ortakoy, and heads over to Beylerbeyi on the Asian side of the city. You will usually hear it called the ‘First Bridge’. The Bosphorus Bridge was opened in 1973, and at the time it laid claim as the fourth longest suspension bridge in the world.
The Bosphorus has become an architectural masterpiece, with three bridges: the 15 July Martyrs Bridge (Bosphorus Bridge), the Fatih Sultan Mehmet Bridge, and the Yavuz Sultan Selim Bridge. The 15 July Martyrs Bridge (Bosphorus Bridge) was built in 1973 as the first bridge across the strait.
The Bosphorus is spanned by two bridges: the Fatih Sultan Mehmet Bridge and the 15 July Martyrs Bridge. The Fatih Sultan Mehmet Bridge is the older of the two, having been completed in 1988. It is a suspension bridge with a length of 1,510 meters (4,953 feet).
Bosphorus Bridge located in Istanbul in Turkey. Also called the first Bosphorus bridge. The bridge is one of three bridges that cross bosporos strait that divides Asia and Europe. The decision to build a bridge over the Bosphorus was decided by Prime Minister Adnan Menderes in 1957.