Yavuz Sultan Selim Bridge
bridge, Istanbul, Turkey
Also known as: Bosporus III
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The Yavuz Sultan Selim Bridge, also known as Bosporus III, is a suspension bridge located in Istanbul, Turkey. Completed in 2016, it spans the Bosporus strait, which connects the Black Sea to the Sea of Marmara and separates the European and Asian parts of Turkey. The bridge has a main span of 4,620 feet (1,408 metres). It is one of three suspension bridges built across the Bosporus, with the other two being the Bosporus I (completed in 1973) and the Fatih Sultan Mehmed Bridge (Bosporus II, completed in 1988).12
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