World's Longest Suspension Bridge Linking Europe and Asia Opens

President Recep Tayyip Erdogan opened a giant suspension bridge across Turkey's Dardanelles Strait. The 1915 Canakkale Bridge is now the longest suspension bridge
in the world. Its 2,023 m length of its midspan is an allusion to the Turkish Republic's
100th anniversary in 2023. Its towers are 318 m high and the total length of the bridge
is 4.6 km (2.9 miles) including the approach viaducts.

“These works will continue to provide profit for the state for many years,” Mr Erdogan said at an opening ceremony. The bridge takes the title of the world's longest suspension bridge from the Akashi Kaikyo Bridge in Japan, which has a 1,992 m span.

Connecting Turkey's European and Asian shores, the 1915 Canakkale Bridge was built by Turkish and South Korean firms with an investment of 2.5 billion euros ($2.8 billion).