World’s Longest Suspension Bridge 1915 Canakkale Bridge Joins Europe with Asia

With a two-kilometre (2,023m, 6,637ft) span between its towers, the ‘1915 Canakkale Bridge’ in Turkey has become the world’s longest suspension bridge.It connects the European and Asian shores of the Dardanelles Strait – a key waterway – from Gelibolu on the European side of Turkey’s northwestern province of Canakkale, with the town of Lapseki on the Asian side.

The ‘1915 Canakkale Bridge’, named after Turkey’s World War I naval victory over a British and French fleet, will save Turkey £348million per year in fuel consumption and emissions. It allows travellers to cross the Dardanelles Strait in six minutes compared to the previous 90 by ferry.