InfraStructures - November 2015 - Installation of the Cables for the 3rd Bridge Over the Bosphorus

Installation of the Cables for the 3^rd Bridge Over the Bosphorus

Since April 2015, teams from Freyssinet (Soletanche Freyssinet/VINCI Construction) have been installing the 176 stay cables of the Yavuz Sultan Selim Bridge in Istanbul, Turkey.

Both cable-stayed and suspended, this hybrid structure with a span of 1,408 m will set a new world record for a cable-stayed span, dethroning the Russky Island Bridge (Russia) which, with a 1,104 m span, was opened in 2012 and is also equipped with Freyssinet cables.

Once the works have been completed, the bridge will boast 2x4 traffic lanes plus 2 railway tracks in the middle, thus providing a way of bypassing Istanbul and crossing the Bosphorus to the north of the city.

Source: VINCI

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