Turkey opens massive "Çanakkale" bridge on Victory Day

The Turkish nation changed the course of history 107 years ago, President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said on March 18, on the occasion of the anniversary of the Çanakkale Victory and the day of the Canakkale 1915 Bridge's inauguration, the world’s longest suspension bridge spanning the Dardanelles Strait.

The bridge connecting the northwestern province of Çanakkale’s Gelibolu district on the European side and the Lapseki district on the Anatolian side was opened by Erdoğan after Daily News went press on March 18.

The Çanakkale 1915 Bridge in the Dardanelles Strait is recognized as the longest suspension bridge in the world, with its main span of 2,023 meters, surpassing the Akashi Kaikyö Bridge in Japan by 32 meters.

Also, with a total height of 318 meters, the Çanakkale 1915 Bridge has become the second tallest bridge, after Istanbul’s Yavuz Sultan Selim Bridge, and the third tallest structure in the country.

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