Yavuz Sultan Selim Bridge

Yavuz Sultan Selim Bridge Yavuz Sultan Selim Köprüsü
Yavuz Sultan Selim Bridge in Istanbul
Coordinates	41°12′10″N 29°06′42″E / 41.2029°N 29.1116°E / 41.2029; 29.1116
Carries	8 lanes of Motorway O-7 and 1 double-track railway
Crosses	Bosphorus
Locale	Istanbul
Official name	Yavuz Sultan Selim Bridge
Other name(s)	Third Bosphorus Bridge
Maintained by	İçtaş-Astaldi consortium
Followed by	Fatih Sultan Mehmet Bridge
Characteristics
Design	Hybrid cable-stayed suspension bridge
Total length	2,164 m (7,100 ft)[1]
Width	58.4 m (192 ft)[1]
Height	322+ m (1,056+ ft)[1]
Longest span	1,408 m (4,619 ft)[1]
Clearance below	64 m (210 ft)
History
Designer	Jean-François Klein Michel Virlogeux T-ingénierie
Construction start	2013
Construction cost	4.5 billion TRY
Opened	26 August 2016
Statistics
Toll	$3.00
Location

The Yavuz Sultan Selim Bridge (Turkish: Yavuz Sultan Selim Köprüsü), also known as the Third Bosphorus Bridge,^[2] is a vehicular bridge over the Bosphorus strait, to the north of Istanbul's two older suspension bridges, the 15 July Martyrs Bridge being the First Bosphorus Bridge and Fatih Sultan Mehmet Bridge the Second Bosphorus Bridge. The bridge is located near the entrance to the Black Sea from the Bosphorus strait, between Garipçe in Sarıyer on the European side and Poyrazköy in Beykoz on the Asian side.^[3]

The foundation stone was laid on 29 May 2013^[4] and the bridge opened to traffic on 26 August 2016.^[5][6]

At 322 m (1,056 ft), it is the world's fifth-tallest bridge of any type.^[7] The main span is the 13th longest suspension bridge in the world^[8]It is also one of the world's widest suspension bridges,^[9] at 58.4 metres (192 ft) across.^[1] and also making it one of the biggest transport megaprojects.