Gebze-Orhangazi highway opens to traffic

Gebze-Orhangazi highway opens to traffic: According to the announcement published in yesterday's issue of the Official Gazette, Gebze-Orhangazi-İzmir (Including Izmit Bay Crossing Bridge and Access Roads) Motorway, which was tendered with the Build-Operate-Transfer Model, was completed within the Gebze-Orhangazi Section ' (between Gebze-Altınova Intersections), according to the 6001th article of the Highways Establishment Law numbered 15, was approved by the Ministry of Transport, Maritime Affairs and Communications.
ON JULY 1, 00:00!
time in the history of 1 July 2016 highway that cuts 00: 00 As is stated to be opened to traffic, specific locations and conditions other than highway stated that the ban on the entry and exit edildi.eriş-Controlled Road as dangerous to this segment opened to traffic and chemicals carry vehicles, pedestrians, animals, non-motorized vehicles, wheeled tractors, construction machines and cyclists were forbidden to enter, while the minimum speed was set to 40 km / h, the maximum speed was set to 120 km / h.
9 HOURS 3,5 CLOCK
Osman Gazi Bridge, which constitutes the biggest leg of the Gebze-Orhangazi-İzmir Highway Project, which will reduce the transportation time between Istanbul and Izmir from 9 hours to 3,5 hours, is preparing for the opening ceremony on June 30.
SPEED RECORD TEST BY SOFUOĞLU
The opening of the bridge connecting the two sides of the Gulf of national motorcyclist Kenan Sofuoglu, 400 kilometer speed record attempt yapacak.yap-operate-transfer made by the model Gebze-Orhangazi-Izmir Motorway (including Izmit Bay Crossing and access roads), 384 kilometers of expressways and 49 kilometer link road to The total length of 433 will be about one kilometer in length.
4 WILL GO IN MINUTE
The route, which takes about 2 hours by car using the existing road in Izmit Bay, can be passed in 4 minutes thanks to the bridge.
95 KILOMETER SHAPED
The entire freeway, when calculating the present state of the distance according to the road would allow, that will shorten 95 kilometers advantages feasibility studies, this results in 8-10 hours of current travel time of 3-3,5 hours to come down and save 650 million dollars a year in return is expected to provide.
After the positioning of the decks on the Osman Gazi Bridge and the completion of the welding process, the surfaces of the decks were cleaned of rust by sandblasting and special insulating paints were applied.
After these operations, the paving of the vehicles in the section of the bridge began paving. The works are carried out continuously for a period of 24 hours. On the one hand, asphalt paving, electrical works of the bridge and protection of the main carrier cable are installed.
252 meter tower height, 35.93 meters with a deck width, 2 meters will be the mid-span of the bridge is planned as 682 1550 thousand meters in total, and will be the fourth bridge with the world's largest middle span was specified.
When the bridge is over, 3 will serve as 3 lanes for going and 6 arrival. There will also be a service strip on the bridge. When the Gulf Transition Bridge is completed, the 2 hour is currently going around the Gulf, with the ferry to the 1 hour, the gulf transition time will go down to the average 6 hour.
Izmit Bay Transition Bridge 1.1 is realized with a billion dollar investment.