Page 47 - World Of Nurol Magazine-23

TO SPEAK BRIEFLY
OF THE CONSTRUCTION
WORKS ON THE SITE:

Works re-
garding Per-
manent Filling,
Temporary Dry
Dock and Tem-
porary Service
Scaffolding construction in the
area where south anchorage pil-
lar and south abutment of the
suspension bridge will be placed
are being brought to completion.
Soil investigations for the tower
foundations of the suspension
bridge, are also scheduled to be
initiated in the first half of 2013.

Tunnelling works are in prog-
Samanlı Tunnel Km: 34+250 / Exit Portal (Right-Left Tubes)
ress for Samanlı (Twin) Tun-
nel and a total of 1535 m was
Various arrangements have been made within the scopes of other de- reached in right and left tubes of
tailed works as well as phasing in the financial closure period of Phase 1 the top half tunnelling works by
which we are about to finalize with 8 domestic banks. End of the Phase 1 has the end of November, 2012.
been determined to be Iznik South Junction which is located at Km: 58+300
in order to ensure that the traffic on the first part is safely connected to the Moreover, construction, dis-
state road in the period elapsed after the first part of the project is put into placement, digging and filling
operation until the remaining part comes into operation. To this end, extent works of all viaducts and engi-
of the Phase 1 has been expanded 9 more kilometres and the project has neering structures have started
been rendered more functional by including this extension to the existing at all points of the Gebze-Orhan-
financing package.
gazi highway expropriation of
which has been completed by
85% and construction of which
has been carried out by our joint
venture firms. By the end of
2012, almost 20% completion
rate is reached.

As the joint venture firms,
we carry on our works at an in-
creasing speed
to be able to
announce fi-
nancial closure
in the next edi-
tion.

Samanlı Tunnel Km: 33+649 / Exit Portal Right Tube