Northern Marmara Motorway
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Northern Marmara Motorway Kuzey Marmara Otoyolu | |
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under construction planned | |
| Route information | |
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| Length: |
431 km (268 mi) 95 km (59.03 mi) under construction 336 km (208.78 mi) in planning |
| Existed: | 2015 (estimated) – present |
| Major junctions | |
| From: |
Kınalı  |
| To: |
Akyazı  |
| Location | |
| Regions: | Marmara |
| Provinces: | Istanbul Province |
| Major cities: | Istanbul |
| Highway system | |
The Northern Marmara Motorway is a planned motorway around the northern sections of Istanbul and which is currently (2016) partly under construction.
The highway will cross the Bosphorus Strait via the Yavuz Sultan Selim Bridge, which is also currently under construction with completion expected in 2016. The route will serve as the outermost beltway of Istanbul as well as being the third motor-crossing of the Bosphorus. The route will stretch 431 km (268 mi)[1] from Kınalı, on the European side, to Akyazı on the Asian side. Connections to the O-4 as well as both the Bosphorus and Fatih Sultan Mehmet bridges will be built as the Northern Marmara Motorway will bypass Istanbul to the north.
The section currently (2016) under construction is the section from Odayeri to Paşaköy. In this section is included the construction of 14 tunnels, 61 viaducts, 45 underpasses and 63 overpasses.
Further sections west and east of Istanbul may commence construction in 2016 and when finished the northern ring around Istanbul will be complete late in the decade.
It is intended to continue the road eastwards, and in parallel to the existing O-4 Motorway and D-100 Roads, from Gebze to Akyazi in future where the new road will finally reach the full planned length of 431km.
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