Two bridges on #Bosporus in #Istanbul, linking Asia with #Europe illuminated in #Pakistanflag colours on #14August as a show of #solidarity by #Turkey. Long live 🇵🇰 🇹🇷 #brotherhood. #PakistanZindabad

 

The Bosphorus Bridge, known officially as the 15 July Martyrs Bridge and unofficially as the First Bridge, is one of the three suspension bridges spanning the Bosphorus strait in Istanbul, Turkey, thus connecting Europe and Asia. The bridge extends between Ortaköy and Beylerbeyi. Wikipedia

Address: Kuzguncuk, 15 Temmuz Şehitler Köprüsü, Üsküdar/İstanbul, Turkey

Description

Opened: October 30, 1973

Total length: 1,560 m

Location: İstanbul, Europe, Asia

Height: 165 m

Construction started: February 20, 1970

Architects: Gilbert Roberts, William Brown

Clearance below: 64 m