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The towers of Çanakkale Bridge are completed The construction of 1915 Çanakkale Bridge, that has undertook by the joint venture of two Turkish and two South Korean companies, has completed the most critical process of the construction The bridge will come into service two years later. THE construction of the 1915 Çanakkale Bridge, which was tendered in 2017, continued during the COVID-19 outbreak with the insulation. In May, the last block of 318 meter high towers was placed. The assembly of the bridge piper was completed in May. The fact that the welding works were made according to planned is of great importance in terms of opening the bridge to service earlier because it is one of the determining factors of the completion time of the project. Even though the construction 14
1915 Çanakkale Bridge will be awarded the title of "the world's largest middle span suspension bridge" when completed.
period is 66 months, Turkish-S. Korean joint venture aims to complete the the construction in four years. The 1915 Çanakkale Bridge project also includes the Kınalı-Tekirdağ-ÇanakkaleSavaştepe Highway Project, which is a total of 101 kilometers, including 88 kilometers of highway and 13 kilometers of connection road. Rapid construction process continues on highways. Nearly 6 thousand workers work at the entire construction site of the project. There are workers and engineers from JULY 2020 ISSUE 81
nine countries on the job site, including Türkiye, Korea, Japan, Australia, UK, Netherlands, Denmark and India. The project is planned to be completed in March 2020. Thanks to the bridge, the 1-hour crossing period will decrease to 4 minutes. It will also reduce the time to reach the city centers on both sides to 6 minutes. Crossing times between Gallipoli and Çanakkale, which are currently accessible by ferries, can take up to 3-4 hours due to the intensity especially during the holiday season.
