Seyhan Viaduct

The Seyhan Viaduct (Turkish: Seyhan Viyadüğü) is a 470 m (1,540 ft) long box-girder bridge that carries the O-51 motorway across the Seyhan River in Adana, Turkey. The bridge is the northernmost crossing of the river before the Seyhan Dam, just upstream.

Seyhan Viaduct

Seyhan Viyadüğü
Coordinates37.0127°N 35.1927°E / 37.0127; 35.1927
Carries6 lanes of [1]
CrossesSeyhan River
LocaleSeyhan and Yüreğir, Adana
Named forSeyhan river
OwnerKarayolları Genel Müdürlüğü
Characteristics
DesignBox-girder bridge
Total length470 m (1,540 ft)
History
Construction end1992[2]
Statistics
Daily traffic34,241 (2014)[3]
Location

Completed in 1992, the Seyhan Viaduct was originally built as part of the Pozantı-Adana-İskenderun motorway.[2] Once completed, the route was re-designated as the Adana Beltway (O-50) and has recently been re-designated again, after the O-50 was replaced by the O-51 and O-52.

See also

References

  1. Otoyollar - Niğde - Mersin - Şanlıurfa 2015 [Motorways - Niğde - Mersin - Şanlıurfa 2015] (Map) (in Turkish). Karayolları Genel Müdürlüğü. 2015. Retrieved 13 August 2017.
  2. Kaynak, Muhteşem. Türkiye'de Otoyollar [Motorways in Turkey] (in Turkish).
  3. 2014 Trafik ve Ulaşım Bilgileri (PDF) (Report). Karayolları Genel Müdürlüğü. June 2015. p. 21. Retrieved 13 August 2017.
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