Gebze-Orhangazi-İzmir highway project 'approached to an end

The end of the Gebze-Orhangazi-İzmir highway project is approached: The most important part of the Gebze-Orhangazi-İzmir highway project is the towers that rise above the sea, which form the bridge legs in the Izmir Bay Crossing Bridge construction.
The most important part of the Gebze-Orhangazi-İzmir highway project, which will be downloaded between Izmir and 3,5 hours, was completed. 4 of the world. Tower height 254 meter of the large bridge. For the main cable that will carry the trolleys where the vehicles will pass, the two lugs are joined for the first time while starting the guide cable. When the installation of the main cable is completed, the 330 will consist of a thousand meters of thin wire. Following the completion of the main cable, the laying of the decks will begin next May. The bridge is scheduled to be completed by the end of this year.
254 METALLIC TOWERS ON THE SEA COMPLETED
Gebze-Orhangazi-İzmir (Including Izmit Gulf Crossing and Connection Roads) Highway Project, which was tendered by the General Directorate of Highways with the Build-Operate-Transfer model, covers 384 kilometers, including 49 kilometers of motorways and 433 kilometers of connection roads. In the project, where 12 works in Gebze-Orhangazi-Bursa section and 2 in Kemalpaşa Separation-İzmir section, a total of 14 reinforced concrete viaducts continue, 6 viaducts between Gebze-Bursa were completed. Work on the Izmit Bay Crossing Bridge construction, which is one of the most important pillars of this project, continues uninterruptedly. The production of the bridge towers, which started to be manufactured in July 38 on the Keson foundations weighing 404 tons, which were submerged in the sea after being manufactured on land, was completed. Similar bridge of the steel is manufactured in Gemlik different construction sites in Turkey brought to the height of 2014 meters, the bridge tower block was made with 254 steel welded together. It is stated that each of these pieces weigh between 88 tons and 350 tons.