Point of the Golden Horn Metro Crossing Bridge

Point of the Golden Horn Metro Crossing Bridge
Details of the bridge built right next to the Unkapanı Bridge.
Architect Hakan Kıran said that the tower legs of the newly built bridge were immersed and fixed 110 meters from the sea floor and added, 'If the silhouette of Süleymaniye Mosque had not been closed, it would have been closed with iron legs instead of the sea view.

Hakan Kıran, the architect of the metro crossing bridge under construction in the Golden Horn, explained the point reached in construction in the interview he gave.
PROJECT COST 180 MILLION TL
Built right next to the Unkapanı Bridge, the bridge is 13 meters high from the sea and 430 meters long. Giving the information that there are two carrier towers of 47 meters on the bridge, which reflects modern architecture, Mimar Kıran said that the total cost of the project is 180 million TL.

SAFE BRIDGE TO THE HALIC
Expressing that the idea of ​​the metro bridge first came to the agenda in 1985, Kıran said, “We are building the safest and most durable bridge to the Golden Horn. The feet of the newly built Galata Bridge slide into 1.5 cm water every year. On this bridge, the tower legs were sunk and fixed to 110 meters from the sea floor ”.
The Taksim-Yenikapı metro line, which will cross the bridge, will consist of 5.2 stations with a total length of 4 km. The bridge will connect Ayazağa Metro and Marmaray. Ayazağa metro in Taksim will be added in the southwest direction, and Marmaray and Airport metro connections in Yenikapı. With the completion of all projects, the distance between Taksim and Yenikapı is 8 minutes, Osmanbey-Üsküdar 22, Osmanbey-Kadıköy The distance between 28, Airport-Maslak 56 and Maslak-Kartal is aimed to be covered in 71 minutes.

DOES THE SILHOUET OFF
Architect Hakan Kıran replied to the criticism that the two 47-meter towers of the bridge blocked the silhouette of the Süleymaniye Mosque as follows: “The only point where the silhouette of the Süleymaniye Mosque is closed is the angle where the Sokullu Mosque next to the Unkapanı bridge is located. Our project, which is a suspension bridge, has two carrier towers. If two towers were not built, bearing legs would have been built, in which case the six of the bridge would turn into an iron pile. Those looking at the Golden Horn from the Galata or Unkapanı direction would watch the iron legs instead of the sea view. Our citizens can look at the Unkapanı bridge from the Golden Horn shore and understand what I am saying. If they are satisfied with the scenery they see, I will not say anything. "
50 METER CLEARANCE IN SHIP PASSES
The work on the bridge is almost complete. Architect Hakan Kıran said that the bridge will be opened for ship crossings: “The revolving bridge at the Unkapanı tunnel entrance will rise 12 cm in extraordinary cases and open 90 degrees on a single pivot leg, and 50 meters of clearance will be provided for ship crossings.

Source: real estate.ensonhaber.com