3. When will the Bridge and Eurasia Tunnel open

1. When will the Bridge and Eurasia Tunnel open: One of the world's leading engineering wonder projects, the Eurasia Tunnel is marked as the year of 2017. The date for the third bridge, which was completed at the rate of 80, was not given.

The Ministry of Transport, Maritime Affairs and Communications has suspended the 92 October 29 date, which is indicated for the Yavuz Sultan Selim Bridge, which will be the third column of the Bosphorus, which the Republic wants to coincide with the anniversary of the 2015. On the other hand, for the Eurasia Tunnel, which is planned to reduce the 100 to 15 from 2016 to 2017 by passing the Bosphorus Strait, it is foreseen as the first quarter of the XNUMX XNUMX. To change the face of Turkey's transport network two billion dollar project may be curious about the latest situation in the construction Transportation General Directorate of Maritime Affairs and Communications Ministry of Highways and Infrastructure Investments General Directorate announced.

The General Directorate of Highways announced that the construction works on the Yavuz Sultan Selim Bridge, which will unite Europe and Asia for the third time on the Bosphorus, have been completed by 80. On the European side of Sarıyer Garipçe village and on the Anatolian side of Beykoz Poyrazköy district is expected to be located in the bridge 8 strip highway 2 strip, and the total length of the rail system for the 2 164 10 322 band will be the total length of the edge will be. The height of the tower on the European side of Garipçe village will be 318, and the height of the tower on the Anatolian side of Poyrazköy will find the 3 meter. 3. The bridge will be the largest in the world with its foot height. The rail system on the bridge will carry passengers from Edirne to Izmit. Atatürk Airport, Sabiha Gökçen Airport and XNUMX which is being built by rail system to be integrated with Marmaray and İstanbul Metro. The airport will also be connected.

WHAT WAS HAPPENED TODAY?
Assembly and welding of 923 of 59 steel decks, the heaviest of which is 36 tons, has ended. With the completion of the assembly of the 36 steel decks, 535 meters remained to join the two sides. 75 million m³ excavation, 38 million m³ filling work has been done, 19 viaducts, 159 culverts, 25 underpass / stream bridges and 19 overpasses have been completed. Reinforced concrete productions are carried out on 16 viaducts, 19 underpass / stream bridges and 28 overpasses, as well as works on 26 culverts and Riva and Çamlık tunnels. (Riva entrance and exit and Çamlık exit portals have been completed, Riva tunnel excavation works have been completed. Tunnel productions continue at various stages.) "It will be realized with the" build, operate, transfer "model. The project, which has an investment value of 3 billion dollars, will be operated by IC İçtaş - Astaldi JV for 10 years, 2 months and 20 days, and will be transferred to the Ministry of Transport at the end of this period.

MAIN CABLE BRACELETS AND ROPE MANUFACTURING CONTINUES
For the Yavuz Sultan Selim Bridge, which has not yet been laid down, the Ministry of Environment and Urban Planning approved the Ministry of Environment and Urbanization for the Yavuz Sultan Selim Bridge. If the service is not given a definite date; Ile The production of hanging ropes with main cable rings is still in progress. The construction works of the ongoing North Marmara Motorway and the Yavuz Sultan Selim Bridge will be completed and put into service as soon as possible. Yapım

WORKS ON CONNECTION ROADS CONTINUE
Within the scope of the North Marmara Motorway project, the work on the route, which has been postponed for the tender of connection roads for four times and then became clear, continues uninterruptedly. Bridge and Silivri Kınalı, Çanakkale Savaştepe and Istanbul - İzmir Motorway will be combined and transportation time to neighboring cities will decrease. The main route through which the Northern Marmara Motorway will pass is determined and the first highway exit on the Anatolian side is expected to be in Beykoz and the second highway exit in Riva.

EURASIA TUNNEL IN 2017
Within the framework of the information received from the General Directorate of Infrastructure Investments (AYGM), works are also underway at the Eurasia Tunnel Project, which is tendered by the Build-Operate-Transfer (BOT) model on the Kazlıçeşme-Göztepe line. 19 The tunnel, which was built in April 2014, is expected to be put into service in the first quarter of 2017.

WHAT HAPPENED?
Excavations were completed with Tunnel Boring Machine (TBM), which was developed specifically for the project, and the tunnel excavation started on the Asian side and ended on the European side. East direction and West Direction NATM tunnel excavations have been completed. The Eurasian Tunnel, which will consist of a total of 1000 672 bracelets, is assembled in two different points with a special seismic seal in order to increase the durability of the tunnel. Installation of the first seismic gasket was completed at the 852 meter. The second gasket was mounted at the thousand meters of 380.

3 MAIN DEPARTMENT
In the first part defined as European Side Road and Junction Arrangement, 5,4 km coast road will be taken from 6 strip to 8 lane up to Kazlıçeşme, approximately 1,5 km will be taken under ground level, intersection arrangements and side roads will be made. In the second part of the tunnel, which is defined as the throat passage, 5,4 km tunneling techniques will be applied.

In the third part, in the Asian Side Road and Junction Arrangement, the road and intersection arrangement will be made on the 100 lane in the 3 m section of the D-800 highway (up to Göztepe) with the 6 lane. On the other hand, the expansion of the road and the construction of art structures on the Asian and European sides continued.