Bosphorus Bridge (Istanbul, Turkey)

There are three suspension toll bridges over the Bosphorus Strait; The first bridge is streching between Beylerbeyi neighbourhood on the Asian side and Ortaköy neighbourhood on the European side. It was opened in 1973 and was called as “Bogazici (Bosphorus) Bridge”, then in July 2016 it’s named as “Martyrs of July 15th” dedicated to the victims died during the failed coup attemp of 15th of July 2016. It’s 1074 meters (1175 yards) long, has 6 lanes, and 165 meters (540 feet) high pillars.

Akşam Boğaziçi Köprüsü (İstanbul, Türkiye) — The Bosphorus Bridge in the evening (Istanbul, Turkey)

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Bosporus-Brücke in Istanbul, Türkei — The Bosphorus Bridge in Istanbul, Turkey

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The Bosphorus Bridge remained the longest suspension bridge in Europe until the completion of the Humber Bridge in 1981, and the longest suspension bridge in Asia until the completion of the Fatih Sultan Mehmet Bridge (Second Bosphorus Bridge) in 1988 (which was surpassed a year later by the Minami Bisan-Seto Bridge in 1989.) In 2016 has the Bosphorus Bridge the 25th-longest suspension bridge span in the world.