How Much is the 1915 Çanakkale Bridge Toll?

Çanakkale Bridge, one of Turkey's mega projects, has come to an end. The 1915 Çanakkale Bridge, which is described as the “choker of the Çanakkale Strait” and which will relieve the vehicle queues and transportation in the region, especially in the summer months, will be opened on Saturday, February 26, with the participation of President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan.

Minister of Transport and Infrastructure Adil Karaismailoğlu answered the curious questions about the 1915 Çanakkale Bridge in the live broadcast he attended. One of the most researched topics was the bridge toll.

So how much is the Çanakkale Bridge toll, how much is it?

Transport Minister Adil Karaismailoğlu said that the toll of the 1915 Çanakkale Bridge would be 15 euros.

Karaismailoğlu, who made a statement on the subject again, informed that the net fee will be announced with the opening.

Karaismailoğlu said, “Let me tell you about tolls, there is a finance model. There is the amount of investment. There is the operating cost and the financial cost, which is every year. While reflecting this to our citizens, we will reflect it in the most appropriate way. We will announce on Saturday. There are ferry fees, you pay 100 TL for the car, and you pay 6 TL per person. For half an hour. You will pass here in 6 minutes. We will announce the cost that will bring the least load on Saturday. Mr. President will announce this with the official opening. Osmangazi Bridge, we charge 184 TL. Here, too, there will be a reasonable price. Our aim is to allow more vehicles to pass, be more convenient. ” he said.

1915 Çanakkale Bridge Features

Karaismailoğlu, Minister of Transport, said, “With its height above sea level, the figure of the 16-meter cannonball that Seyit Onbaşı carries on his back and the figure of the 334-meter cannonball that changed the fate of the war, and the tower height reaching 2 meters, our bridge will be a suspension bridge with the highest towers in the world.” He said that it has the distinction of being one of the rare suspension bridges designed as twin decks. Karaismailoğlu, who stated that it will go down in history as the first bridge designed and built as a twin deck over a middle span of 162 thousand meters in the world, also shared the information that is among the "best" of the bridge. Minister of Transport and Infrastructure Karaismailoğlu said, “With the total wire length of 4 thousand kilometers used in the main cable of our bridge, the circumference of the world can be turned 1 times. When tower caissons are compared in terms of area, they are the size of 227 football field. With 100 thousand cubic meters of concrete used in the bridge, 5 thousand 900 apartments of 25 square meters, that is, a district with a population of 177 thousand can be established. With 177 thousand tons of steel used in the bridge, 155 thousand passenger cars can be produced. In addition, during the placement of the upper link beam of the bridge towers, the largest heavy lifting operation in the world was carried out, based on the weight of 318 tons and the height of 1915 meters. Well; Our XNUMX Çanakkale Bridge is the project of the 'most's. It will literally seal the Dardanelles and become one of the landmarks of our country.”