beautiful bridges wallpaper - Turkey 15 Temmuz Bridge Bosphorus
beautiful bridges wallpaper - Turkey 15 Temmuz Bridge Bosphorus
Information about the bridge
The Bosphorus Bridge, officially known as the July 15 Martyrs Bridge, and unofficially as the First Bridge, is one of the three suspension bridges that span the Bosphorus in Istanbul, Turkey, and thus connects Europe with Asia. The bridge extends between Ortakoy and Beylerbeyi. The suspension bridge is supported by gravity on steel pylons and sloping piers.
Bridge construction
The suspension bridge is supported by gravity on steel pylons and sloping piers. The bridge's aerodynamic floor is suspended on steel cables. The bridge is 1,560 meters (5,118 feet) long and 33.40 meters (110 feet) wide. The distance between the towers (the main sea) is 1,074 m (3,524 ft), and the total height of the towers is 165 m (541 ft). The height of the bridge from sea level is 64 m (210 ft).
Prime Minister Adnan Menderes took the decision to build a bridge across the Bosphorus in 1957. A contract was signed with the British company Freeman Fox and its partners in 1968 to complete the structural engineering work. The bridge was designed by British civil engineers Gilbert Roberts, William Brown and Michael Parsons, and they also designed the Humber Bridge, Severn Bridge and Fourth Road Bridge. Construction began in February 1970 and the celebrations were attended by President Goda Sunai and Prime Minister Suleyman Demirel. The bridge was built by Inca Construction and Industry and its Turkish partners. As well as the partner contractors Cleveland Bridges & Engineering Corporation (England) and Hochief AG (Germany). 35 engineers and 400 men worked on the project.
The construction of the bridge was completed on October 30, 1973, one day after the fiftieth anniversary of the founding of the Turkish Republic, and was inaugurated by President Fakhri Koruturk and Prime Minister Naim Talu. The cost of the bridge was $ 200 million ($ 1.13 billion according to the dollar price in 2018).
Much was made upon the opening of the bridge as the first to link Europe and Asia since the Xerxes Pontoon Bridge in 480 BC. However, this bridge extended across the Hellespot (the Dardanelles), at a close distance from the Bosphorus, and is considered the second bridge built by Emperor Darius I the Great across the Bosphorus in 513 BC, after the aforementioned bridge.
- It is considered the first bridge to be built across the Bosphorus, to be followed by the Sultan Mehmed Bridge
- Al-Fateh, which stretches across the Bosphorus Bridge for only five kilometers.
- One of the most important information about the Bosphorus Bridge is that it has a metal structure, and its length extends to 1,560 meters
- While its width extends to 33.5 meters.
- The bridge is divided into five parts, the main part of which extends for a distance of 1,074 meters between the two towers
- Their height is 156 meters, and the bridge deck is 64 meters above the water.
- There are four side branches of the Bosphorus Bridge, ranging in length from 40 to 64 meters.
- The Bosphorus Bridge is the only bridge in the world that connects the two continents, namely Asia and Europe.
- The bridge lines were laid in the 1980s, and construction was not approved until eleven years later. Start up
- It was established in 1970 and completed three years later. Designed by Sir British architects
- Gilbert Roberts and William Brown.
- In 2007, a bridge lighting system was installed to illuminate the city at night
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