Kanuni Sultan Suleiman bridge (Istanbul)

Kanuni Sultan Suleiman bridge

Coordinates	41°01′19″N 28°34′14″E / 41.021944°N 28.570556°E / 41.021944; 28.570556Coordinates: 41°01′19″N 28°34′14″E / 41.021944°N 28.570556°E / 41.021944; 28.570556
Crosses	Lake Büyükçekmece & Sea of Marmara
Official name	Kanuni Sultan Süleyman Köprüsü
Characteristics
Total length	636 m (2,087 ft)
Width	7.17 metres (24 ft)
History
Construction begin	1566
Opened	1567
Kanuni Sultan Suleiman bridge Location in Turkey

The Kanuni Sultan Suleiman bridge (Turkish: Kanuni Sultan Süleyman Köprüsü) is an arch bridge located in Büyükçekmece, 36 kilometers from the centre of Istanbul, on the European side of the Bosphorus.

The bridge was built during the Ottoman period by Mimar Sinan,^[1] across the mouth of the large but shallow inlet known as Lake Büyükçekmece. Construction started in 1566 and the bridge opened in 1567.^[1] During construction it is reported that the water was pumped out of Lake Büyükçekmece, and 40,000 m³ of stones were set in place.

The bridge comprises 28 spans and is divided into four sections by the presence of three shallow islets along its length. Its role serving large volumes of traffic as a communications artery has been taken over by a wide modern road bridge on its seaward side, but the sixteenth-century bridge is promoted for its symbolic and historic resonances. Between 1986 and 1989 it was restored at considerable cost.

References

1 2 "Buyukcekmece Kanuni Sultan Suleyman Koprusu". http://www.buyukcekmece.gov.tr/ (in Turkish). Retrieved 10 October 2015. External link in |website= (help)

Bridges in Turkey

Abdal Bridge Ağın Bridge Akköprü Ala Bridge Altıgöz Bridge Aspendos (Eurymedon) Bridge Atatürk Bridge Baç Bridge Birecik Bridge Bosphorus Bridge Demirköprü Devlet Bahçeli Bridge Dicle Bridge Fatih Bridge Fatih Sultan Mehmet Bridge Fırtına River bridges Galata Bridge Gazi Mihal Bridge Golden Horn Metro Bridge Haliç Bridge Hasankeyf Old Bridge Kanuni Bridge Kanuni Sultan Suleiman Bridge Kemerarası Bridge Kömürhan Bridge Malabadi Bridge Meriç Bridge Misis Bridge Nasrullah Bridge Nissibi Euphrates Bridge Osman Gazi Bridge Penkalas Bridge Saraçhane Bridge Severan Bridge Silifke Bridge Selge (Eurymedon) Bridge Şahruh Bridge Şekerpınarı Bridge Taşköprü Uzunköprü Varda Bridge Yalnızgöz Bridge Yavuz Sultan Selim Bridge Yeni Imaret Bridge

Bridges in italic are under construction

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