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Aerial photos show rise of Izmit Bay Bridge
Aerial photos show rise of Izmit Bay Bridge
Aerial photos show rise of Izmit Bay Bridge
Aerial photos show rise of Izmit Bay Bridge
The $11-billion mega-project for a highway to link Istanbul to Izmir includes the world’s second-longest suspension bridge built over the Gulf of Izmit.
Aerial photos show rise of Izmit Bay Bridge
The bridge, which will be 3,000 meters long, and 384 kilometer-long highway will reduce travel time between Istanbul and İzmir from six hours, 30 minutes to about three-and-a-half hours when it is completed.
Aerial photos show rise of Izmit Bay Bridge
Officials say that the project, with 5,520 employees, will create $650 million of fuel cost savings each year. They added that the bridge would be among the world’s top ten, with a 1,500-meter span.
Aerial photos show rise of Izmit Bay Bridge
The March 23 suicide of a Japanese engineer working on the bridge did not cause a delay in the planned date of inauguration at the end of 2015.
Aerial photos show rise of Izmit Bay Bridge
Aerial photos show rise of Izmit Bay Bridge
Aerial photos show rise of Izmit Bay Bridge
Aerial photos show rise of Izmit Bay Bridge
Aerial photos show rise of Izmit Bay Bridge
Aerial photos show rise of Izmit Bay Bridge
Aerial photos show rise of Izmit Bay Bridge
Aerial photos show rise of Izmit Bay Bridge
Aerial photos show rise of Izmit Bay Bridge
Aerial photos show rise of Izmit Bay Bridge
Aerial photos show rise of Izmit Bay Bridge
Aerial photos show rise of Izmit Bay Bridge
Aerial photos show rise of Izmit Bay Bridge
Aerial photos show rise of Izmit Bay Bridge
Aerial photos show rise of Izmit Bay Bridge
Construction of massive on-ramps for the Izmit Bay Bridge, a key part of Turkey’s largest-ever highway project, has been completed. Aerial photos published by Doğan News Agency shows the progress of the construction, which is planned to be completed by the year’s end. Click through for more photos. ALI AKSOYER/ISTANBUL (DHA)
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