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Bosphorus Bridge
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bridge in İstanbul, Turkey
The Bosphorus Bridge is a major bridge that spans the Bosphorus Strait in Istanbul, Turkey, connecting the European and Asian sides of the city. It serves as a crucial transportation link for the millions of people and vehicles that cross between the two continents daily.
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- toll bridge
- Country
- Turkey
- Located in
- Istanbul
- Material used
- steel
- Designed by
- Gilbert Roberts
- Image
- Bosphore - Pont du Bosphore.jpg
- Height
- 169
- Width
- 33.5
- Length
- 1560
- Significant event
- 2016 Turkish coup d'état attempt
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- Commons category
- Bosphorus Bridge
- crosses
- Bosporus Strait
- date of official opening
- 1973-10-30
- carries thoroughfare
- Motorway 1
- longest span
- 1074
- structural engineer
- Hyder Consulting
- inception
- 1973-10-29
- next crossing upstream
- Fatih Sultan Mehmet Bridge
- next crossing downstream
- Marmaray Tunnel
- color
- grey
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Encyclopedic overview
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 Fatih Sultan Mehmet Bridge and Yavuz Sultan Selim Bridge). The bridge extends between Ortaköy (in Europe) and Beylerbeyi (in Asia).
It is a gravity-anchored suspension bridge with steel towers and inclined hangers. The aerodynamic deck hangs on steel cables. It is 1,560 m (5,118 ft) long with a deck width of 33.40 m (110 ft). The distance between the towers (main span) is 1,074 m (3,524 ft) and the total height of the towers is 165 m (541 ft). The clearance of the bridge from sea level is 64 m (210 ft).
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