Installation of first cables on bridge over Bosphorus

8 June 2015 - Projects update and handover - Turkey

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 two railway tracks in the middle, thus providing a way of bypassing Istanbul and crossing the Bosphorus to the north of the city.