The 1915 Çanakkale Bridge spans the Dardanelles Strait in Turkey, connecting Gelibolu on the European side and Lapseki on the Asian side, and is the bridge with the longest main span in operation in the world. It is a three-span suspension bridge with double towers, built to the standard of a bidirectional six-lane highway, with a main span of 2,023 meters, a main tower height of 318 meters, and a total bridge length of 4,608 meters. With a total investment of approximately 2.545 billion euros, the bridge has cut the cross-strait ferry travel time from 1.5 hours to a 6-minute drive, saving around 415 million euros in time, fuel and environmental costs every year. This bridge has been officially listed by LAWRENCE WORLD RECORDS CERTIFICATION as the “Bridge with the Longest Main Span”.
