Yavuz Sultun Selim Bridge - Istanbul

AIRVŪZ STAFF NOTE : See the Yavuz Sultan Selim Bridge of Istanbul, Turkey in this 4K drone video by iskenderfilm. The suspension bridge is just over 2.16k meters long (around 7k ft.), the longest (by far) of the three bridges which spans the Bosphorus Strait in Turkey's largest city. With a structural height of about 320 meters (about 1.05k ft.), it's also the world's second-tallest bridge. Carrying both rail and motor traffic, the bridge opened in 2016 and lies north of the Strait's other two bridges: the July 15th Martyr's Bridge and the Fatih Sultan Mehmet Bridge.

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The Yavuz Sultan Selim Bridge is a bridge for rail and motor vehicle transit over the Bosphorus strait, to the north of two existing suspension bridges in Istanbul, Turkey. It was initially named the Third Bosphorus Bridge (with Bosphorus Bridge being the First Bosphorus Bridge and Fatih Sultan Mehmet Bridge the Second Bosphorus Bridge). It is about 5 km (3.1 mi) north of the Bosphorus Bridge. The bridge is located near the Black Sea entrance of the Bosphorus strait, between Garipçe in Sarıyer on the European side and Poyrazköy in Beykoz on the Asian side. The foundation stone laying ceremony was held on 29 May 2013. The bridge was opened to traffic on 26 August 2016. At 322 m (1,056 ft), the bridge is one of the tallest bridges in the world. It is, after the Millau Viaduct, the second-tallest bridge in the world of any type. The bridge is also one of the world's widest suspension bridges, at 58.4 metres (192 ft) wide.