Mustafa Kemal Coastal Boulevard

Mustafa Kemal Coastal Boulevard
Kordon Yolu
The boulevard seen from Asansör.
Native nameMustafa Kemal Sahil Bulvarı (Turkish)
NamesakeMustafa Kemal Atatürk
OwnerCity of İzmir
Maintained byİzmir Metropolitan Municipality
Length6.6 km (4.1 mi)[1]
LocationKonak, İzmir
West end O-32 O-32 in Üçkuyular
Major
junctions
Halil Rıfat Avenue in Konak
Fevzi Paşa Boulevard in Çankaya
East endCumhuriyet Boulevard in Çankaya
Construction
Commissioned1976
Construction start1981
Completion1990

The Mustafa Kemal Coastal Boulevard (Turkish: Mustafa Kemal Sahil Bulvarı) is a major thoroughfare in İzmir, Turkey. Consisting of six lanes, it stretches from Cumhuriyet Boulevard in Çankaya to the İzmir-Çeşme motorway in Üçkuyular, running along the southeastern coast of the Gulf of İzmir.

The road was one of the city's first major projects at restructuring and improving İzmir's existing road network. The route was constructed upon reclaimed land, due to lack of space on the pre-existing coast, and built as a six-lane boulevard. Considered an urban extension of the Çeşme motorway, the Mustafa Kemal Coastal Boulevard was originally planned to continue north into Alsancak along the shore, then turn east and connect to the D.300 and D.550 state highways in Halkapınar. This part of the project was never built, due to public opposition, and the land originally reclaimed in Alsancak for the boulevard was converted into an esplanade.

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