Fatih Sultan Mehmet Bridge
bridge in Turkey
Fatih Sultan Mehmet Bridge (also known as Second Bosphorus Bridge) is a bridge between Asia and Europe in Istanbul, Turkey. The bridge carries 8 lanes of E80 (European Route) that spans across the Bosporus strait. It is 1,510 m long.
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| Coordinates | 41°05′29″N 29°03′43″E / 41.0913°N 29.062°E |
| Crosses | Bosphorus strait |
| Locale | Istanbul |
| Official name | Fatih Sultan Mehmet Köprüsü |
| Other name(s) | Second Bosphorus Bridge |
| Maintained by | Turkish State Highways |
| Characteristics | |
| Design | Suspension bridge |
| Material | Steel |
| Total length | 1,510 m (4,950 ft) |
| Width | 39 m (128 ft) |
| Height | 105 m (344 ft) |
| Longest span | 1,090 m (3,580 ft) |
| Clearance above | 64 m (210 ft) |
| History | |
| Designer | BOTEK Bosphorus Technical Consulting Corp. Freeman Fox & Partners |
| Construction start | March 29, 1985[1] |
| Construction end | March 29, 1988[2] |
| Construction cost | US$380,000,000[3] |
| Opened | July 3, 1988[2][4] |
| Statistics | |
| Toll | HGS |
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References
change- ↑ "30 Mayıs 1985". Milliyet Gazete Arşivi (Milliyet Newspaper Archive) (in Turkish). 1985-05-30. Archived from the original on 2011-05-08. Retrieved 2024-03-18.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Fatih Sultan Mehmet Köprüsü" (PDF). General Directorate of Highways. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2013-06-12. Retrieved 2024-03-06.
- ↑ Dost, Yakup; Dedeoğlu, Erdoğan (2008). "Fatih Sultan Mehmet Köprüsünün Projeleştirilme ve Yapım Aşamaları" [Design and Construction Stages of Fatih Sultan Mehmet Bridge] (PDF). Istanbul Technical University (in Turkish). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-07-25.
- ↑ "4 Temmuz 1988". Milliyet Gazete Arşivi (Milliyet Newspaper Archive) (in Turkish). 1988-07-04. Archived from the original on 2024-03-18. Retrieved 2024-03-18.
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Other websites
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Media related to Fatih Sultan Mehmet Bridge at Wikimedia Commons- Fatih Sultan Mehmet Bridge at Structurae
- Google aerial image of bridge
- 3D-model ″Fatih Sultan Mehmet Bridge″ for Google Earth Archived 2012-10-21 at the Wayback Machine
