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Third Bosphorus Bridge (Turkey)
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 Istanbul, 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 Europe and Asia. 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 / suspension bridge 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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