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ebze-Orhangazi-İzmir Highway is a huge BOT project,
composed of 405 kilometers long highway body and 49
Gkilometers long connection roads which seperate from TEM
Highway with a junction and after 4km reaches to Gebze - Dilovası,
pass the gulf by a suspension bridge and proceed over Yalova -
Hersek Cape and after that over Orhangazi and Bursa, respectively;
and after being connected to 21 kilometers long Bursa - West
Beltway reach to İzmir through Susurluk, Balıkesir, Kırkağaç and
Manisa provinces and counties.

THE BAY

NOW ENTIRELY As it is evident from its name, İzmit Gulf Pass Suspension Bridges is

DIFFERENT one of the vital parts of “ Gebze - Orhangazi - İzmir (Including İzmit
Körfez Pass and Connection Roads) Highway” Project which made
history as the greatest Build - Operate - Transfer Infrastructure
Project to be constructed at one time in the history of the Republic
of Turkey.

Since the size of the suspension bridges are determined with their
Gebze-Orhangazi-İzmir Motorway main span, according to this criteria, this bridges will be the 4th
largest suspension bridge of the world and 2nd largest suspension

(İzmit Bay Crossing and Connection Roads) bridge of Europe as it is completed.

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