Bay Crossing Bridge will open in March 2016

The Gulf Crossing Bridge will open in March 2016: It is stated that the main cable installation will continue and the deck assembly will start in December at the Gulf Crossing Bridge, which will allow the Istanbul-Izmir to be reduced to 3,5 hours, and the bridge will be opened for transportation in March 2016.

The most important part of the Gebze-Orhangazi-Izmir Motorway Project, which will enable the Istanbul-Izmir to land at 3,5 hours, will be opened on the Gulf Crossing Bridge, while the main cable assembly will continue and the installation of the deck will start in December and the bridge will be opened in March 2016. It was reported.

The Gebze-Orhangazi-Izmir Motorway Project, which starts at the Gebze Interchange on the Anatolian Motorway and ends at the existing Otogar Junction on the Izmir Ring Road, continues at full speed. General Directorate of Highways was informed about the project. In a written statement, 252 meter tower height, 35.93 meter table width with a thousand 550 meter middle aperture and total 2 bin 682 meter length of the world's largest mid span suspension bridge between 4. Izmit Bay Crossing Suspension Bridge, North and South blocks of concrete production and the completion of the tower caisson foundations were specified.

The North and South Tower Foundations were placed in their final location in March 2014, and said, “The final elevation in the suspension bridge steel tower blocks, plus 252 meters, has been reached. Catwalk assembly works, which is the cat-work platform for the preparation of the main cable assembly, have been completed, the main cable assembly is ongoing and the deck assembly will start in December 2015. The manufacturing work on the Suspension Bridge continues in accordance with the work schedule ”.

Information about the target and realization rates related to the project in the bridge in March 2016 announced that it is planned to be opened to traffic in March. The statement includes the following information:

“As of the end of 2015, it is aimed to complete the construction works of the Izmit Bay Crossing Suspension Bridge by the Altinova - gemlik section until the end of March 2016, and our efforts continue in line with this goal. Physical realization was achieved in the whole project, including 95 percent in area expropriation activities in all routes, 90 percent in Gebze-Gemlik, where construction works continue, and 82 percent in Gebze-Orhangazi-Bursa, 75 percent, and 52 percent in İzmir. As of today, a total of 11 billion 421 million TL has been spent (including expropriation). Together with a total of 7 thousand 908 personnel working in our project, 550 construction machines are operating. ”