Istanbul's Yavuz Sultan Selim Bridge access roads bidding starts
by Daily Sabah
ISTANBULMay 05, 2016 - 12:00 am GMT+3
by Daily Sabah
May 05, 2016 12:00 am
Eight construction have submitted bids to build and operate Kurtköy-Akyazı and Kınalı-Odayeri Yavuz Sultan Selim Bridge access roads. While the bridge is expected to become operational in August, the access roads are set to be finished in 2018
Bidding for the contracts to build two of the Yavuz Sultan Selim Bridge access roads, Kurtköy-Akyazı and Kınalı-Odayeri sections, was held yesterday.
Eight of Turkey's giant construction firms presented their bids yesterday for the contracts to build two access roads as part of the North Marmara Project. The access roads for Istanbul's third bridge, Yavuz Sultan Selim Bridge, which is expected to become operational on Aug. 26, are slated to be completed at the end of 2018.
Bidding for the Kurtköy-Akyazı linking road was originally supposed to be held on June 30, but was postponed to Aug. 31. Finally, the government decided to hold the bidding on March 1, 2016, with a newly released addendum. Similarly, bidding for the Kınalı-Odayeri linking road, which was supposed to be held on July 7 but was postponed to Sept. 7, was further delayed to March 8, 2016.
Construction expenses of the linking roads will be undertaken by the companies that win the contracts. Companies are expected to complete the bidding processes, expropriation and funding schemes within one year. In the meantime, the winning company or consortium will begin operating with its equity and large projects will begin after receiving the necessary funds.
Some parts of the Northern Marmara Highway have already been paved and are ready for use while the construction of the third bridge is getting closer to completion. The bridge will have some of the tallest suspension towers in the world. The rail system over the bridge will run from Edirne to İzmit, will be integrated into the Marmaray and Istanbul Metro and will connect Istanbul's Atatürk International Airport, Sabiha Gökçen International Airport and the third airport, which is under construction on Istanbul's European side. The Northern Marmara Highway and the third Bosporus bridge are being built using a build-operate-transfer model.
Yavuz Sultan Selim Bridge will be 59 meters wide once completed, which will make it one of the widest bridges in the world. The total length of the bridge will be 2,164 meters. The bridge will have eight highway lanes and two rail lanes, and its length over the water will be 1,408 meters. It will be one of the longest suspension bridges in the world that features a rail system as well.
The divided road network in Turkey has rapidly expanded over the past 12 years. A total of 6,101 kilometers of divided roads in 2003 reached up to 24,280 kilometers while 1,714 kilometers of highways increased to 2,289 kilometers. The combined length of bridges in the county was 311 kilometers in 2003, increasing to 465 kilometers over the past 12 years and 50 kilometers of tunnels increased to 263 kilometers in the same period.
Some 6,328 kilometers of divided roads and 5,892 kilometers of highways are expected to be put into service by 2023.
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