General Information
Other name(s): | Second Bosphorus Bridge |
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Beginning of works: | 1986 |
Completion: | 3 July 1988 |
Status: | in use |
Project Type
Structure: |
Suspension bridge |
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Function / usage: |
Motorway bridge / freeway bridge |
Material: |
Steel bridge |
Location
Location: |
Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey |
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Crosses: |
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Near: |
Bosporus Bridge (1973)
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Coordinates: | 41° 5' 28.05" N 29° 3' 40.77" E |
Technical Information
Dimensions
main span | 1 090 m | |
clearance | 64.00 m |
Materials
superstructure |
steel
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cables |
steel
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suspenders |
steel
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portal frames |
steel
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Participants
Initial construction (1986-1988)
Design
Co-contractor
- Impregilo S.p.A.
- Ishikawajima-Harima Heavy Industries
- Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd.
- Nippon Kokan
- STFA Group
Subcontractor
- Anker Schroeder ASDO GmbH (tie rods)

Cable steel supplier
Catwalk
Suspender Inspection (2007)
Inspection services
Monitoring (2008)
Measurement concept / monitoring
Monitoring equipment
Relevant Web Sites
There currently are no relevant websites listed.
Relevant Publications
- Ambient vibration survey of the Fatih Sultan Mehmet (second Bosporus) suspension bridge. In: Earthquake Engineering and Structural Dynamics, v. 21, n. 10 (October 1992), pp. 907-924. (1992):
- Response of the Fatih Sultan Mehmet Suspension Bridge under spatially varying multi-point earthquake excitations. In: Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering, v. 84 (May 2016), pp. 44-54. (2016):
- Seismic Analysis of the Fatih Sultan Mehmet (Second Bosporus) Suspension Bridge. In: Earthquake Engineering and Structural Dynamics, v. 21, n. 10 (October 1992), pp. 881-906. (1992):
- Tierra sobre el agua. Visión histórica universal de los puentes. Colegio de Ingenieros de Caminos, Canales y Puertos, Madrid (Spain), pp. 559. (1999):
- Wireless technologies for the monitoring of strategic civil infrastructures: an ambient vibration test on the Fatih Sultan Mehmet Suspension Bridge in Istanbul, Turkey. In: Bulletin of Earthquake Engineering, v. 8, n. 3 (April 2009), pp. 671-691. (2009):
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20002314 - Published on:
11/03/2001 - Last updated on:
05/02/2016