Bosphorus Bridge
General Information
| Structural Type: |
Suspension bridge with diagonal hangers
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| Function / usage: |
Motorway bridge / freeway bridge
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| Built: | 1970 - 1974 |
| Status: | in use |
Geographic Information & Related Structures
| Location: |
Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey, Asia |
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| Near |
Fatih Sultan Mehmet Bridge (1988)
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Technical Information
Dimensions
| main span | 1 074 m | |
| span lengths | 40 m - 3 x 45 m - 56 m - 1 074 m - 4 x 63.75 m | |
| clearance | 64 m |
Materials
| cables |
steel
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| pylons |
steel
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Participants
Structural engineering
Construction
- Enka Construction & Industry Co. Inc. (approaches)
Co-contractor
Relevant Web Sites
Relevant Publications
- Le pont sur le Bosphore (Turquie), in "Acier = Stahl = Steel", May 1974 v. 39
- Brücke über den Bosporus, in "Hochtief Nachrichten", December 1974
- Tierra sobre el agua, Colegio de Ingenieros de Caminos, Canales y Puertos, Madrid (Spain), ISBN 8438001483, 1999; pp. 537-538
- Bridges that Changed the World, Prestel, Munich (Germany), ISBN 3791327011, 2002; pp. 102-103
- Brücken, die die Welt verbinden, Prestel, Munich (Germany), ISBN 3791327003, 2002; pp. 102-103
- Les grands ponts du monde: Hors d'Europe, Brissaud, Poitiers (France), ISBN 2902170688, 1990; pp. 211-212
- Projets de ponts et de tunnels pour le franchissement du Bosphore, in "Travaux", June 1963, n. 344
- Bridges - Ponts - Brücken, Atrium, Mexico City (Mexico), ISBN 8495692619, 2002; pp. 62-63
Internal Information
| Structure-ID: | s0001368 |
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| Created: | 11/03/2001 |
| Last Updated: | 05/03/2013 |