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The Otoyol (Plural: Otoyollar) is the national network of controlled-access highways in Turkey. The term Otoyol translates to motorway while the literal meaning is auto-route. The Otoyol was first opened in 1973. As of December 2023, there are 3,726 km of otoyol in service, the network passes through 28 provinces out of 81 in Turkey. [3]
Otoyol routes in Turkey follow a regional based two-digit numbering system. All routes have the prefix O on all signage and maps. Motorways that start in the Marmara Region are all single digit. Motorways that start in The Central Anatolia Region have a first digit of two.
Otoyol 3 (English: Motorway 3), also known as the European Motorway (Turkish: Avrupa Otoyolu) and abbreviated as the O-3 is a 245.1 km (152.3 mi) long otoyol in East Thrace, Turkey. The O-3 runs from Edirne to Istanbul and is the only motorway in Turkey located entirely in Europe .
There are three types of intercity roads in Turkey: Motorways are controlled-access highways that are officially named Otoyol.But it is not uncommon for people in Turkey to call them Otoban (referring to Autobahn) as this types of roads entered popular culture by the means of Turks in Germany.
Otoyol 5 near Altınova exit. Otoyol 5 (English: Motorway 5), named the Kocaeli Gebze-Bursa-İzmir Motorway (Turkish: Kocaeli Gebze-Bursa-İzmir Otoyolu) and abbreviated as O-5, is a toll motorway in Turkey. Since being completed in 2019, it connects the Istanbul and Kocaeli metropolitan areas with İzmir, via Bursa and Balıkesir.
The Otoyol 7 [2] (O-7; English: Motorway 7), or Northen Marmara Motorway(Turkish: Kuzey Marmara Otoyolu), [3] is a toll motorway in Turkey that bypasses Istanbul to the north. The motorway is 248 km in length between the Kınalı junction and the Akyazı junction, and is 8 lanes wide (4+4 lanes).Within the scope of the Build-Operate-Transfer ...
Otoyol 1 (English: Motorway 1), abbreviated as O-1 and locally referred to as The First Beltway [1] (Turkish: 1. Çevreyolu), is a controlled access highway in Istanbul, Turkey. The O-1 serves as the inner beltway and is one of three intercontinental motorways in the city, the others being the O-2 , and O-7 , as well as connecting the European ...
Otoyol 4 (English: Motorway 4), named Anatolian Motorway (Turkish: Anadolu Otoyolu) and abbreviated as O-4, is a toll motorway connecting the northwestern Marmara Region to the Central Anatolia Region in Turkey.