The 1915 Canakkale Bridge is set to be inaugurated by Turkish President Erdogan on the 107th anniversary of the Canakkale Naval Victory
The 1915 Canakkale Bridge, described as the "necklace of the Canakkale Strait" will be inaugurated Friday by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on the 107th anniversary of the Canakkale Naval Victory.
Besides the staff of Türkiye's Transport and Infrastructure Ministry's General Directorate of Highways, nearly 5,100 workers and 740 construction equipment were involved in the construction of the bridge that connects the Asian and European continents for the first time in the Dardanelles.Four cannonball figures, each weighing 75 tons and 20.5 metres high, will be placed on the top of four towers, symbolizing the cannonball that Corp.
With the Malkara-Canakkale Highway and the 1915 Canakkale Bridge, the ports, railway and air transportation systems in the Marmara and Aegean regions will be integrated with land transportation projects, enabling economic development and the creation of a balanced planning and structuring required by the industry in the regions.
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