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The Name of the The Country of zmit Bay Crossing Bridge

Drawbridge the Drawbridge Its Main Span is one of the vital parts of
the “Gebze-Orhangazi-İzmir
(including İzmit Bay Crossing
Akashi Kaikyo Japan 1.991 iand Connection Paths)” which
was passed in to the history
as the largest Build-Operate-
Transfer Infrastructure Project of
the history of Turkish Republic
Xihoumen Bridge China 1.650 to be constructed at a time. As
it is evident from its name, the
project will provide the crossing
of Izmit Bay with a drawbridge.
Great Baelt Denmark 1.624
As the sizes of the drawbridges
are determined by their main
spans, it will be Europe’s second
Turkey 1.550 and the world’s fourth largest
Izmit Bay Crossing Bridge drawbridge when it is completed

according to these criteria.

The main

MAIN WORK ITEMS TOTAL TOTAL LENGTH structures of the
(m) project and the
amounts of the
Hanging Bridges (number) 1 2.682 main work items
Viaduct (number) 37 20.840
- Reinforced Concrete Viaduct 35 18.982
- Steel / Composite Viaduct 2 1.632
Underpass (number) 187
Overpass (number) 68 3.533
Bridges (number) 84 11.017

Box Culvert (number) 727
Tunnel (Samanli, Selcukgazi, Belkahve) (number) 3 6.235
Interchange (number) 25
Service and Parking Spaces (number) 17
Maintenance and Operations Facility (number) 8
EXCAVATION (m³) 150.000.000

FILLING (m³) 145.000.000
SUBBASE + PMT (in tons) 20.000.000
BITUMEN FOUNDATION + BINDER (in tons) 6.750.000
WEARING (in tons) 1.900.000
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