Fatih Sultan Mehmet Bridge [SEP] named after
Fatih Sultan Mehmet Bridge
The Fatih Sultan Mehmet Bridge ("Sultan Mehmed the Conqueror Bridge"), also known as the Second Bosphorus Bridge (in Turkish: "Fatih Sultan Mehmet Köprüsü", "F.S.M. Köprüsü" or "2. Köprü"), is a bridge in Istanbul, Turkey spanning the Bosphorus strait (Turkish: "Boğaziçi"). When completed in 1988, it was the 5th-longest suspension bridge span in the world; today it is the 24th.
The bridge is named after the
stayed bridge cross the Bosphorus. The first of these, the 15th July Martyrs Bridge, is long and was completed in 1973. The second, named Fatih Sultan Mehmet (Bosphorus II) Bridge, is long, and was completed in 1988 about north of the first bridge. The first Bosphorus Bridge forms part of the O1 Motorway, while the Fatih Sultan Mehmet Bridge forms part of the Trans-European Motorway. The third, Yavuz Sultan Selim Bridge, is long and was completed in 2016. It is located near the