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Tekfen Engineering to
provide consultancy
services for the world’s
longest suspension
bridge
Once completed, the 1915* Çanakkale Bridge will be the world’s
longest suspension bridge. The distance of 2,023metres between the
two piers of the bridge will symbolise the 100 years since the 1923
founding of the Republic of Turkey. The bridge, whose total span
will be 3,860 metres, will be the first of its kind over the Çanakkale
Straits and the 5
th
suspension bridge in the Marmara Region. As well
as the construction of the bridge, the Tekfen-Parsons partnership
shall also undertake the implementation and supervision of a 100
kilometre 6-lane highway project that will include 31 viaducts, 5
tunnels, 30 interchange junctions and 143 overpass structures.
As per signed agreement in 2010 with the General Directorate
of Highways, Tekfen Engineering has also commenced preliminary
work on the Kınalı-Çanakkale and Çanakkale-Savaştepe Highways.
A 166-man team shall work on the Malkara-Çanakkale Highway, the
largest consultancy project Tekfen Engineering has undertaken to
date.
* Editor’s note:
The “1915” within the name of the bridge marks
the date of the historical battle fought in Çanakkale during the
War of Independence led by Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, founder of
the Turkish Republic.
Tekfen Engineering has been awarded with the tender offered by the General Directorate for Highways for the 1915 Çanakkale Bridge and
related highway. The joint Tekfen Engineering-Parsons venture will provide consultancy and monitoring services to the 100 km highway and
the world’s longest suspension bridge at a cost of 164.3 million Turkish lira.
CONSULTANCY SERVICES PROVIDED BY TEKFEN ENGINEERING
FOR HIGHWAY AND MOTORWAY PROJECTS TO DATE
Tarsus-Adana-Gaziantep (TAG) Highway
1988-2002
230 km
Susurluk-Balıkesir Highway
1993-2001
62 km
Gulf of İzmit Crossing
1996
47 km
Aydın-Kuyucak Highway
1997-2007
60 km
Ünye-Piraziz Highway, Bolaman-Perşembe
Section Viaduct and Bridges
1998-2000
Ünye Orbital
1999-2005
10 km
Çiftehan-Pozantı Highway Viaduct and Bridges
2000-2008
Çeltikçi-Burdur-Keçiborlu Freeway
2000-2007
67 km
Çanakkale-Savaştepe Highway
2010-2016
331 km
Kınalı-Çanakkale Highway
2010-2015
180 km
Dumlupınar-Manisa Highway
2010-2017
243 km
Ankara-Dumlupınar Highway
2010-2017
257 km
İstanbul Strait Tunnel Crossing
2010-2011
11 km
Merzifon-Koyulhisar Highway
2013-present
235 km
İzmir-Aydın Highway, İzmir-Çeşme Highway
and İzmir Orbital
2013-2016
26 km
Aşkabat-Turkmenbashi Highway (Turkmenistan)
2014-present
344 km
Northern Expressway, Qatar
2014-2017
50 km
Bursa-Karacabey-Zeytinbağı-Mudanya Freeway
2015-2017
29 km
Viaducts over the Akyazı-Dokurcun Freeway
2016-2017
Al Khor Highway, Qatar
2016-present
34 km