Şişhane - Haliç Metro Crossing Bridge Opened

Şişhane - Haliç Metro Crossing Bridge Opened: Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, in his speech at the opening ceremony of Şişhane-Haliç Metro Crossing Bridge-Yenikapı Metro Line, said, “The line we will open today is 3,5 km and 3 stations. However, it was a line where the world's most difficult subway construction took place, ”he said.
“The world is talking about Marmaray. Now the bridge in the Golden Horn will be talked about, ”Erdogan said,“ We ​​built it by uncovering the history without harming the history. The known history of Istanbul has also changed, ”he said.
Built with cable-stayed system
The bridge, which began to be built on January 200, 2, on average 2009 meters south of the current Unkapanı Bridge, was built with the “curved cable-stayed” system applied in advanced technological bridges around the world.
The middle rail system is open to the pedestrian zone and the 460 meter is on the sea. The 936 meter has an 4 foot in the water. The bridge sits on two feet of 47 meters high in the middle of the sea. The 13 meter, the 12,6 meter, has a folding section on Unkapanı.
The Golden Horn station on the bridge was built in 8 meters long in accordance with the operation of 180 wagons. During the studies, a total of 16 drillings were conducted, 9 on the land (7 on the Beyoğlu side, 4 on the Unkapanı side) and 20 in the Golden Horn. During the construction, 51 pieces of piles, which were manufactured in Portugal and brought to Haliç three times, were also nailed.
The route of the bridge
Thanks to the Haliç Metro Pass Bridge, passengers getting on the metro from Hacıosman will reach the Yenikapı transfer station without interruption. Here with the Marmaray connection Kadıköy-Kartal will be able to reach Bakırköy-Atatürk Airport or Bağcılar-Olimpiyatköyü-Başakşehir in a short time with the metro connection.
Although the stations on the subway lines can be reached after passing through the turnstile and descending one or two floors, the station on the bridge will be reached right after the turnstile. Pedestrian crossings will be free from the bridge, which also has an observation deck. When opened Turkey's first underground passage will be a bridge of the Golden Horn Metro Crossing Bridge, it attracts attention with its two 55-meter-high steel tower resembling the horns.
Each of these piles designed as a result of the analyzes made taking into account the seismicity of the Golden Horn, faulting condition, ground conditions, and the mud layer of the Golden Horn base, each was designed according to the final load value of 4 tons. The bridge, whose construction started on January 700, 2, cost 2009 million lira.