Yavuz Sultan Selim Bridge

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The Yavuz Sultan Selim Bridge is a bridge for rail and motor vehicle transit over the Bosphorus strait, to the north of two existing suspension bridges in Istanbul, Turkey. It was initially named the Third Bosphorus Bridge . It is about 5km north of the Bosphorus Bridge. The bridge is located near the Black Sea entrance of the Bosphorus strait, between Garipçe in Sarıyer on the European side and Poyrazköy in Beykoz on the Asian side.The foundation stone laying ceremony was held on 29 May 2013. The bridge was opened to traffic on 26 August 2016.At 322m, the bridge is the tallest suspension bridge in the world. It is, after the Millau Viaduct, the second-tallest bridge in the world of any type. The bridge is also one of the world's widest suspension bridges, at wide.ProjectThe bridge is part of the projected 260km Northern Marmara Motorway (Kuzey Marmara Otoyolu), which will bypass urban areas of Istanbul in the north connecting Kınalı, Silivri in the west and Paşaköy, Hendek in the east. The 58.4m bridge is 2164m in length with a main span of 1408m. The main span is the ninth longest suspension bridge in the world.