Ağın Bridge

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The Ağın Bridge, a.k.a. Ağın (Karamağara) Bridge, (Ağın Köprüsü or Ağın Karamağara Köprüsü) is a cable-stayed bridge spanning Lake Keban in Elazığ Province, Turkey. It was opened to traffic in 2015. The construction of the bridge began in 2001. Due to alterations to the project, construction was delayed, but work resumed on January 10, 2012, and the opening took place on October 26, 2015. The bridge was built by the Mega Yapi company and the consultant was BOTEK Bosphorus Technical Consulting Corporation. The cable-stayed bridge is 520 m (1, 710 ft) long and 13 m (43 ft) wide with a main span of 280 m (920 ft), and a clearance of 55 m (180 ft) above the water level. The bridge carries one lane of traffic in each direction. At its opening, the Ağın Bridge became Turkey's fourth longest one after the Bosphorus Bridge, 1,560 m (5, 120 ft), and Fatih Sultan Mehmet Bridge, 1,510 m (4, 950 ft), in Istanbul and the Nissibi Euphrates Bridge, 610 m (2, 000 ft), in Adıyaman Province. The budgeted cost of the construction was given as ₺ 33.325 million.

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