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How much did the Yavuz Sultan Selim Bridge cost to build?

The Yavuz Sultan Selim Bridge, also called the Third Bosphorus Bridge, crosses the Bosphorus near the Black Sea entrance between Garipçe in Sarıyer and Poyrazköy in Beykoz. It is 2,164 m long with a 1,408 m main span and towers 322 m high, and its 59 m wide deck carries four road lanes in each direction. Built by the İçtaş–Astaldi consortium as part of the Northern Marmara Motorway under a build-operate-transfer contract, it opened on 26 August 2016.

Reported project cost

$818 million

Cost basis: 2016

The Yavuz Sultan Selim Bridge in Istanbul, Turkey
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Cost evidence

Basis of the published figure

Reported project cost2016
hurriyet.com.tr

Project metrics

Key dimensions

Total lengthHürriyet
2,164 m
Main spanHürriyet
1,408 m
HeightHürriyet
322 m

Project record

Timeline

  1. 29 May 2013

    Construction started

    Wikipedia infobox
  2. 26 August 2016

    Opened or launched

    Hürriyet

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