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Third Bosphorus Bridge ()

Project description mageba scope Highlights & facts The Third Bosphorus Bridge, officially na- mageba is supplying extraordinary bear- med the Yavuz Sultan Selim Bridge, is the ings for the construction of the bridge, mageba products: third bridge to be built across the Bospho- including specially developed cylindrical Type: Special cylindrical rus Strait which connects the Black Sea to pendulum bearings. In relation to load and RESTON®PENDULUM the Mediterranean via the Marmara Sea. displacement, the curved sliding plates of bearings, Not only does the strait divide , it these bearings have extremely small radii RESTON®POT bearings, also forms part of the boundary between in order to stabilise the bridge horizontally temporary elastomeric bearings and . The new structure will under railway traffic. The bearings weigh Features: For loads up to 120 MN be of enormous importance to the regi- up to 34 tonnes each, designed for verti- Installation: 2014 – 2016 on, carrying both road and rail traffic. The cal loads of up to 120 MN (more than hybrid cable-stayed / the weight of the Eiffel Tower), while fa- Structure: will have a main span of 1408 metres, cilitating longitudinal movements of +/– City: Istanbul 322 m-tall­ towers and a 58 m-wide deck – ­770 mm. Transverse forces at the pylons Country: Turkey three world records for this bridge type. It are resisted by shear keys, with the loads Completed: 2015 is expected to open in 2016. transmitted by vertically oriented RESTON- Type: Hybrid cable-stayed / suspension bridge POT bearings with up to 78 MN ­capacity.

The bridge will cross the Bosphorus Strait, connecting A special cylindrical RESTON®PENDULUM bearing as Installation of a RESTON®POT bearing, vertically Istanbul’s European and Asian parts fabricated, prior to delivery to site oriented for use on a shear key

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