Fatih Sultan Mehmet Bridge

Fatih Sultan Mehmet Bridge Fatih Sultan Mehmet Köprüsü
Fatih Sultan Mehmet Bridge in Istanbul, connecting Europe and Asia
Coordinates	41°05′29″N 29°03′43″E / 41.0913°N 29.062°E / 41.0913; 29.062
Carries	8 lanes of O-2 (a part of the Trans-European Motorways)
Crosses	Bosphorus strait
Locale	Istanbul
Official name	Fatih Sultan Mehmet Köprüsü
Other name(s)	Second Bosphorus Bridge
Maintained by	Turkish State Highways
Characteristics
Design	Suspension bridge
Material	Steel
Total length	1,510 m (4,950 ft)
Width	39 m (128 ft)
Height	105 m (344 ft)
Longest span	1,090 m (3,580 ft)
Clearance above	64 m (210 ft)
History
Designer	BOTEK Bosphorus Technical Consulting Corp. Freeman Fox & Partners
Construction start	March 29, 1985[1]
Construction end	May 29, 1988[2]
Construction cost	US$380,000,000[3]
Opened	July 3, 1988[2][4]
Statistics
Toll	HGS
Location

The Fatih Sultan Mehmet Bridge ("Sultan Mehmed the Conqueror Bridge"; Turkish: Fatih Sultan Mehmet Köprüsü, abbreviated as F.S.M. Köprüsü), also known as the Second Bosphorus Bridge (İkinci Köprü), is a bridge in Istanbul, Turkey spanning the Bosphorus strait (Turkish: Boğaziçi). When completed in 1988, it was the 5th-longest suspension bridge span in the world.

The bridge is named after the 15th-century Ottoman Sultan Mehmed the Conqueror, who conquered the Byzantine capital, Constantinople (Istanbul), in 1453. It carries the European route E80, Asian Highway 1, Asian Highway 5 and Otoyol 2 highways.

Three other bridges that connect Europe and Asia are located in Turkey, which are named Yavuz Sultan Selim Bridge, 15 July Martyrs Bridge (formerly known as Bosphorus Bridge) and the 1915 Çanakkale Bridge.