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1915 Çanakkale Bridge

1915 Çanakkale Bridge

Suspension bridge across the Dardanelles in Turkey

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The 1915 Çanakkale Bridge is a road suspension bridge in the province of Çanakkale in northwestern Turkey, first opened on 18 March 2022. Situated just southwest of the coastal towns of Lapseki and Gelibolu, the bridge spans the Dardanelles, about ten kilometres west of the Sea of Marmara. The bridge is the longest suspension bridge in the world; with a main span of 2,023 metres, the bridge surpasses the Akashi Kaikyo Bridge (1998) in Japan by 32 metres.

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