Yavuz Sultan Selim Bridge

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bridge over the Bosphorus cable-stayed bridge road–rail bridge suspension bridge transport infrastructure

Yavuz Sultan Selim Bridge is a modern suspension bridge spanning the Bosphorus Strait in Istanbul, serving both road and rail traffic and symbolizing the city's connection between Europe and Asia.

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	bridge over the Bosphorus → cable-stayed bridge → road–rail bridge → suspension bridge → transport infrastructure →
alsoKnownAs	Third Bosphorus Bridge →
architect	Jean-François Klein → M. Hakan Kiran →
carries	motor vehicle traffic → rail traffic →
connects	Asian side of Istanbul → European side of Istanbul →
connectsDistrict	Garipçe → Poyrazköy →
constructionCost	approximately US$3 billion →
constructionMethod	public–private partnership →
constructionStartDate	2013-05-29 →
country	Turkey →
crosses	Bosphorus Strait →
designer	Michel Virlogeux → T-Engineering →
hasType	hybrid suspension and cable-stayed design →
length	2164 m →
locatedIn	Istanbul →
locatedInWaterBody	Bosphorus →
locatedOn	northern Bosphorus →
mainSpanLength	1408 m →
maintainedBy	General Directorate of Highways of Turkey →
material	concrete → steel →
namedAfter	Selim I →
numberOfLanes	8 road lanes →
numberOfRailTracks	2 rail tracks →
openedBy	Binali Yıldırım → Recep Tayyip Erdoğan →
openingDate	2016-08-26 →
partOf	Istanbul’s third Bosphorus crossing → Northern Marmara Motorway →
purpose	relieve traffic congestion on other Bosphorus bridges →
railLinkPlannedToConnect	Gebze → Halkalı → Istanbul Airport →
region	Marmara Region →
symbolizes	connection between Europe and Asia → modernization of Turkey’s transport network →
toll	yes →
towerHeight	322 m →
width	58.4 m →

Referenced by (5)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Yavuz Sultan Selim Bridge ("Third Bosphorus Bridge") →	alsoKnownAs
Bosporus →	crossedBy
Bosporus Bridge →	followedBy
Istanbul →	hasLandmark
Yavuz Sultan Selim Bridge ("Istanbul’s third Bosphorus crossing") →	partOf