Izmit Bay Crossing Suspension Bridge tower installation completed

Tower installation of Izmit Bay Crossing Suspension Bridge was completed: The tower assembly of Izmit Bay Crossing Suspension Bridge, which is the world's largest mid-opening 4 suspension bridge, was completed at 252 meters.
The AA team viewed the work on the İzmit Bay Crossing Suspension Bridge, which is the biggest leg of the Gebze-Orhangazi-Izmir Motorway Project, which will reduce the transportation time between Istanbul and Izmir from 9 to 3,5 hours.
According to the information received from the General Directorate of Highways, the period of time to reduce the Gulf transit time 6, towers reaching the height of 252 meters, Izmit Bay gave a new silhouette. Among the suspension bridges in the measured world with the gövde clearance between the two towers üncü, the main body concrete production of the anchorage blocks in the north and south anchorage areas was completed in the works of the İzmit Bay Crossing Suspension Bridge, which is in the 1550 rank of the 4 with a clearance of XNUMX.
While the manufacturing of concrete in the distribution feet and saddles, the edge and the transition feet continued, the percentage of 99,5 in total production was reached. The foundations of the suspension bridge tower caisson, completed in two-stage study result. The base of the tower was brought to the foundations of the suspension bridge tower and the 12 March 15 was installed in the 2014 March 26, the northern tower foundation 2014 and the XNUMX March XNUMX were built on the base points previously prepared by improving the floor. Construction of tower anchor bases and ties were completed.
8 The construction of suspension bridge steel tower blocks started in July 2014. As of today, 252 meter is reached in the tower assembly and the cat path cable assembly is started in 5 February 2015. The northern approach viaduct of 253 meters is completed at the level of the header beam and the steel beam works are in progress. In the south approach viaduct of 380 meters long, elevation installation works were continued, while the pushing and sliding process of the thousand 80 meters of the deck was completed.
Açıl At the end of the year, it is aimed to open the Gebze-Gemlik section to the traffic with the bridge “
The construction period of the Gebze-Orhangazi-İzmir Motorway Build-Operate-Transfer project was determined as 7 year. As of the end of 2015, the construction of the İzmit Bay Crossing Suspension Bridge, Gebze-Gemlik section is planned to be completed and opened to traffic. 90 in the expropriation work on the whole route, 76 in the Gebze-Gemlik section where the construction works continued, 66 in the Gebze-Orhangazi-Bursa section and 28 in the whole of the project in the Kemalpaşa-İzmir section has realized the 37 physical project in the whole project.
While the total 5 bin 520 personnel are involved in the project, a thousand 316 pieces are working. As the project is completed and put into service, the advantages of the whole highway will shorten the distance to 95 kilometers according to the current state route, while the feasibility studies are calculated, resulting in the arrival of the 8-10 hour of 3-3,5 hours and the return of 650 million dollars a year. 1 hours 20 minutes to pass the Gulf by using the current road by car, the ferry will drop to the 45 minute with the planned gulf pass (60 mileage), at the time of the 12-6 minutes.