New bridge linking Europe and Asia set to open

TURKEY, (RT.COM), 9 FEB,

2022 - The Çanakkale 1915 Bridge, a suspension bridge across the Dardanelles Strait, is ready to enter operation, Turkish officials announced on Wednesday.

Ebru Özdemir, chairman of the Board of Directors for Limak Holding, the company responsible for the construction, said that the project was successfully completed.

“We have informed the Ministry of Transport that we are ready. Now we are in the final preparation phase.and we are waiting for the date of opening,” he said, as quoted by the Turkish newspaper Akşam. He also noted that the bridge could have been opened three months earlier if it was not for Covid-19-related issues the workers had to deal with.

The 4.6-kilometre-long Çanakkale 1915 Bridge with the world longest midspan of 2,023 metres, is the longest suspension bridge in the world.