‘Çanakkale Bridge, dream of centuries, longest of its kind’
Last steel block placed in Turkey’s Çanakkale Bridge to rise on Bosphorus
- Türkiye
- Anadolu Agency
- Published Date: 05:53 | 16 May 2020
- Modified Date: 05:53 | 16 May 2020
With the construction of Çanakkale 1915 Bridge, Turkey realizes centuries' dream, said the Turkish president on Saturday.
Recep Tayyip Erdoğan attended via videoconference to the ceremony for the placement of the last steel block of 318-meter (1,043-feet) towers of the bridge in the country's northwestern Çanakkale province.
"The [1915 Çanakkale] bridge with the title of the longest of its kind in the world, will decorate the Strait as a symbol of our 1915 Çanakkale Victory," he said.
He underlined the importance of strong infrastructure and transportation saying the country's success in it will be the biggest advantage in the world which will be reshaped politically and economically after the coronavirus.
Turkey on Saturday completed 32 tower blocks of 1915 Çanakkale Bridge, which will be put into service on March 18, 2022.
The suspension bridge will have the largest central span in the world.