[TR] Turkish Highways - Karayolu, Otoyol

***www.sercan.de*** · January 12th, 2007, 07:31 PM

North of Turkish Thrace (the area between Istanbul and Edirne) has really wonderful highway and ring roads network as you see at these photos. But South (Silivri-Tekirdağ-Keşan-İpsala) is not like this. But a new project is planned for South of Thrace (as North Marmara Motorway). So the connection with Greece of Istanbul-Salonica road will be complated...

Photos of North Thrace of Turkey

***www.sercan.de*** · January 12th, 2007, 07:31 PM

Tarsus-Pozantı Road

Anatolia Highway, Çamlıca-Gebze area

Isparta-Eğridir Divided Road

***www.sercan.de*** · January 12th, 2007, 07:32 PM

Ankara-Pozantı Highway construction

Ankara-Pozantı Highway

A highway construction from Southeast Anatolia..

Bolu mountain paasage of Ankara-Istanbul road

***www.sercan.de*** · January 12th, 2007, 07:38 PM

***www.sercan.de*** · January 12th, 2007, 07:43 PM

Izmir - Çesme Highway

Edirne - Kinali Highway

GaziAntep - Urfa Highway

(test drive on this pic)

Adana - GaziAntep Highway

Hatay

Tekirdag

Istanbul:

***ChrisZwolle*** · January 13th, 2007, 02:18 PM

Those motorways are extremely empty! Why did they build six lanes? four would do okay, it seems.

***www.sercan.de*** · January 13th, 2007, 02:41 PM

pics taken mostly during construction

But they are not so full as in Germany

mirza-sm · January 13th, 2007, 02:50 PM

wow Turkey has some really neat lokin highways

Skyprince · January 15th, 2007, 06:49 AM

But why are they very empty ?

Turkish highways are coool. Also Turkish houses exterior decor look nice !!

Verso · January 21st, 2007, 02:10 AM

Awesome highways!! Btw, is there any tunnel or bridge planned over the Dardanelles (Çanakkale Boğazı)?

Izman · January 22nd, 2007, 05:46 AM

Great highways! Here, in Morocco, there are some highways under construction by Turkish Companies

Onur · January 25th, 2007, 12:37 PM

The Highway map of Turkey (Click to Enlarge);
http://www.kgm.gov.tr/asps/bolunmus/...les/buyuk3.jpg
Red - Motorways
Green - u/c Motorways
Blue - Divided roads
Light Blue - Normal Roads(2 or 3 lane)

Verso · January 25th, 2007, 02:25 PM

^ Turkish highway infrastructure is excellent! There's 'around' 1,892 km of "red" roads (motorways), right? (according to CIA) But what's the length of "blue" roads (divided roads, expressways)? Looks a lot! They could as well be called motorways, if you ask me.

EDIT: oops, now that I clicked on it, I see!

So 1,881 km of "red" roads and 8,459 km of "blue" roads on 1.1.2005. 10,340 km of at least 4-lane, divided motorways/expressways!! :O

***hkskyline*** · January 27th, 2007, 07:49 AM

Turkish, Italian PMs inaugurate major highway tunnel

ANKARA, Jan 23, 2007 (AFP) - Prime Ministers Romano Prodi of Italy and Recep Tayyip Erdogan of Turkey on Tuesday inaugurated a 900-million-dollar (691-million-euro) highway tunnel that will reduce travel time between Ankara and Istanbul, Turkey's two biggest cities, by nearly one hour.

The tunnel that crossess the Bolu Mountains in northwestern Turkey is part of the Trans-European Motorway (TEM) and was built by the Italian company over 14 years.

It comprises a 27-kilometer (16.8-mile) motorway, a 2.9-kilometer (1.8-mile) six-lane tunnel, four viaducts and three bridges, which will reduce the average travel time between the capital and Istanbul, Turkey's largest city and industrial hub, from four and a half to three and a half hours.

Inauguration was delayed by several years after the authorities revised the project in 1999, when a powerful earthquake in nearby Izmit damaged the structure and increased safety concerns.

TEM is Turkey's busiest road and a major route between Europe and Asia.

"This tunnel, for which we pierced mountains, connects not only our cities but also brings Turkey closer to Italy and all of Europe," the Anatolia news agency quoted Erdogan as saying at the ceremony.

"It also strengthens our friendly ties with Italy," he said.

Prodi, who held talks with Turkish leaders in Ankara Monday, was scheduled to wrap up his two-day visit later in the day.

He urged Ankara to stick to the path of reform and its goal of European Union membership despite a partial suspension of accession talks, a sanction the bloc imposed in December following Turkey's refusal to grant trade privileges to EU member Cyprus.

ask curitiba · January 27th, 2007, 08:46 AM

Nice looking, picturesque highways! But can u tell me what are the plans? Now I can see the connection between Istambul and Ankara. Is it going to go further?

***www.sercan.de*** · January 29th, 2007, 05:50 PM

About the Bolu Tunnel

And a connection to Istanbul-Izmir by crossing the Marmara Sea

the crossing price for a car will be $11. The birdge will have 6 lanes (3 coming, 3 going). The sutructure will rise with two 230 m height legs wich will be sit on two islands and bridge will be 70 m height and 1668m long

Istanbullu · September 25th, 2007, 06:46 AM

Any updates?

Norsko · September 25th, 2007, 02:03 PM

Any picks of the Turkish motorway signage?

Æsahættr · September 26th, 2007, 06:16 AM

very nice.
plus it has two that connect europe and asia ;]

Brisbaner21 · September 29th, 2007, 06:22 AM

Looks like once you leave the city there are no more cars. These highways look very nice though.

January 12th, 2007, 07:31 PM	#1
*www.sercan.de* Galatasaray SK Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Istanbul Posts: 16,112	[TR] Turkish Highways - Karayolu, Otoyol North of Turkish Thrace (the area between Istanbul and Edirne) has really wonderful highway and ring roads network as you see at these photos. But South (Silivri-Tekirdağ-Keşan-İpsala) is not like this. But a new project is planned for South of Thrace (as North Marmara Motorway). So the connection with Greece of Istanbul-Salonica road will be complated... Photos of North Thrace of Turkey __________________ "Our aim is to play together like Englishmen, to have a color and a name and to beat the non - Turkish teams." Ali Sami Yen (1905) "We were imagining brightness of yellow - red fire over our team and thinking that it would carry us from one victory to another" Ali Sami Yen (1908)

January 12th, 2007, 07:31 PM	#2
*www.sercan.de* Galatasaray SK Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Istanbul Posts: 16,112	Turkish Highways Tarsus-Pozantı Road Anatolia Highway, Çamlıca-Gebze area Isparta-Eğridir Divided Road __________________ "Our aim is to play together like Englishmen, to have a color and a name and to beat the non - Turkish teams." Ali Sami Yen (1905) "We were imagining brightness of yellow - red fire over our team and thinking that it would carry us from one victory to another" Ali Sami Yen (1908)

January 12th, 2007, 07:32 PM	#3
*www.sercan.de* Galatasaray SK Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Istanbul Posts: 16,112	Ankara-Pozantı Highway construction Ankara-Pozantı Highway A highway construction from Southeast Anatolia.. Bolu mountain paasage of Ankara-Istanbul road __________________ "Our aim is to play together like Englishmen, to have a color and a name and to beat the non - Turkish teams." Ali Sami Yen (1905) "We were imagining brightness of yellow - red fire over our team and thinking that it would carry us from one victory to another" Ali Sami Yen (1908)

January 12th, 2007, 07:38 PM	#4
*www.sercan.de* Galatasaray SK Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Istanbul Posts: 16,112	__________________ "Our aim is to play together like Englishmen, to have a color and a name and to beat the non - Turkish teams." Ali Sami Yen (1905) "We were imagining brightness of yellow - red fire over our team and thinking that it would carry us from one victory to another" Ali Sami Yen (1908)

January 12th, 2007, 07:43 PM	#5
*www.sercan.de* Galatasaray SK Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Istanbul Posts: 16,112	Izmir - Çesme Highway Edirne - Kinali Highway GaziAntep - Urfa Highway (test drive on this pic) Adana - GaziAntep Highway Hatay Tekirdag Istanbul: __________________ "Our aim is to play together like Englishmen, to have a color and a name and to beat the non - Turkish teams." Ali Sami Yen (1905) "We were imagining brightness of yellow - red fire over our team and thinking that it would carry us from one victory to another" Ali Sami Yen (1908)

January 13th, 2007, 02:18 PM	#6
*ChrisZwolle* yimby Join Date: May 2006 Location: Zwolle, NL Posts: 15,996	Those motorways are extremely empty! Why did they build six lanes? four would do okay, it seems.

January 13th, 2007, 02:41 PM	#7
*www.sercan.de* Galatasaray SK Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Istanbul Posts: 16,112	pics taken mostly during construction But they are not so full as in Germany __________________ "Our aim is to play together like Englishmen, to have a color and a name and to beat the non - Turkish teams." Ali Sami Yen (1905) "We were imagining brightness of yellow - red fire over our team and thinking that it would carry us from one victory to another" Ali Sami Yen (1908)

January 13th, 2007, 02:50 PM	#8
mirza-sm EU Satellite B1H Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Szarajewo Posts: 9,665	wow Turkey has some really neat lokin highways __________________ Tornero, tornero La mia vita ti daro Tornerai, tornerai Mia per sempre tu sarai.

January 15th, 2007, 06:49 AM	#9
Skyprince Asian boi Join Date: May 2006 Location: Kuala Lumpur and Colombo Posts: 5,268	But why are they very empty ? Turkish highways are coool. Also Turkish houses exterior decor look nice !!

January 21st, 2007, 02:10 AM	#10
Verso Blank Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Ljubljana Posts: 13,098	Awesome highways!! Btw, is there any tunnel or bridge planned over the Dardanelles (Çanakkale Boğazı)?

January 22nd, 2007, 05:46 AM	#11
Izman La Paloma Blanca!! Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Tetuán, Sevilla Posts: 3	Great highways! Here, in Morocco, there are some highways under construction by Turkish Companies

January 25th, 2007, 12:37 PM	#12
Onur BANNED Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Antalya Posts: 4,775	The Highway map of Turkey (Click to Enlarge); http://www.kgm.gov.tr/asps/bolunmus/...les/buyuk3.jpg Red - Motorways Green - u/c Motorways Blue - Divided roads Light Blue - Normal Roads(2 or 3 lane) Last edited by Onur; July 28th, 2007 at 03:53 PM.

January 25th, 2007, 02:25 PM	#13
Verso Blank Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Ljubljana Posts: 13,098	^ Turkish highway infrastructure is excellent! There's 'around' 1,892 km of "red" roads (motorways), right? (according to CIA) But what's the length of "blue" roads (divided roads, expressways)? Looks a lot! They could as well be called motorways, if you ask me. EDIT: oops, now that I clicked on it, I see! So 1,881 km of "red" roads and 8,459 km of "blue" roads on 1.1.2005. 10,340 km of at least 4-lane, divided motorways/expressways!! :O

January 27th, 2007, 07:49 AM	#14
*hkskyline* Hong Kong Join Date: Sep 2002 Posts: 50,976	Turkish, Italian PMs inaugurate major highway tunnel ANKARA, Jan 23, 2007 (AFP) - Prime Ministers Romano Prodi of Italy and Recep Tayyip Erdogan of Turkey on Tuesday inaugurated a 900-million-dollar (691-million-euro) highway tunnel that will reduce travel time between Ankara and Istanbul, Turkey's two biggest cities, by nearly one hour. The tunnel that crossess the Bolu Mountains in northwestern Turkey is part of the Trans-European Motorway (TEM) and was built by the Italian company over 14 years. It comprises a 27-kilometer (16.8-mile) motorway, a 2.9-kilometer (1.8-mile) six-lane tunnel, four viaducts and three bridges, which will reduce the average travel time between the capital and Istanbul, Turkey's largest city and industrial hub, from four and a half to three and a half hours. Inauguration was delayed by several years after the authorities revised the project in 1999, when a powerful earthquake in nearby Izmit damaged the structure and increased safety concerns. TEM is Turkey's busiest road and a major route between Europe and Asia. "This tunnel, for which we pierced mountains, connects not only our cities but also brings Turkey closer to Italy and all of Europe," the Anatolia news agency quoted Erdogan as saying at the ceremony. "It also strengthens our friendly ties with Italy," he said. Prodi, who held talks with Turkish leaders in Ankara Monday, was scheduled to wrap up his two-day visit later in the day. He urged Ankara to stick to the path of reform and its goal of European Union membership despite a partial suspension of accession talks, a sanction the bloc imposed in December following Turkey's refusal to grant trade privileges to EU member Cyprus. __________________ Hong Kong Photo Gallery - Click Here for the Hong Kong Galleries World Photo Gallery - \| New York \| Lisbon \| Prague \| Beijing \| Madrid \| Melbourne \| London \| Riga Sydney, Brisbane, Copenhagen, Vienna, Mumbai, Seoul, Berlin, Rocky Mountains, Stockholm, and much more!

January 27th, 2007, 08:46 AM	#15
ask curitiba Registered User Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: poznań Posts: 28	Nice looking, picturesque highways! But can u tell me what are the plans? Now I can see the connection between Istambul and Ankara. Is it going to go further?

January 29th, 2007, 05:50 PM	#16
*www.sercan.de* Galatasaray SK Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Istanbul Posts: 16,112	About the Bolu Tunnel And a connection to Istanbul-Izmir by crossing the Marmara Sea the crossing price for a car will be $11. The birdge will have 6 lanes (3 coming, 3 going). The sutructure will rise with two 230 m height legs wich will be sit on two islands and bridge will be 70 m height and 1668m long __________________ "Our aim is to play together like Englishmen, to have a color and a name and to beat the non - Turkish teams." Ali Sami Yen (1905) "We were imagining brightness of yellow - red fire over our team and thinking that it would carry us from one victory to another" Ali Sami Yen (1908)

September 25th, 2007, 06:46 AM	#17
Istanbullu Made in Turkey Join Date: May 2004 Location: Istanbul - Perth Posts: 6,083	Any updates? __________________ Bosphorous in Autumn... My Pics.. :) My Pictures of Maslak Skyline of Istanbul Historical Peninsula - Istanbul Perth, 2, 3 Also Visit: SkyscraperLife.Com

September 25th, 2007, 02:03 PM	#18
Norsko Urban Citizen Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Oslo Posts: 209	Any picks of the Turkish motorway signage?

September 26th, 2007, 06:16 AM	#19
Æsahættr Registered User Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Minneapolis Posts: 2,662	very nice. plus it has two that connect europe and asia ;] __________________ > flickr >> Minneapolis \| Manila \| Cebu

September 29th, 2007, 06:22 AM	#20
Brisbaner21 Sunshine City Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Melbourne, Victoria, Australia Posts: 2,352	Looks like once you leave the city there are no more cars. These highways look very nice though.

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