The project is the construction of
a 490 m. long and 42 m. wide bridge
supported by tubular steel piles.
The It also covers the rearrangement
of Eminonu and Karakoy squares at
each end of the bridge.
The New Galata Bridge comprises
four distinct segments; abutments,
double-deck approach bridge, caissons
being the piers of bascula bridge,
and bascula bridge.
The bridge figures in the world
Construction Literature in five
categories of eminence.
1- For being "The Greatest
Bascule Bridge Ever"
2- For the supporting piles constituting
in number, diameter, and length,
"One of the greatest foundation
systems ever"
3- For the 2000 ton vertical load
test on these piles constituting
"The graeatest off-shore load
test ever",
4- For the bascule-bridge supporting
caisson structures being "The
greatest ever cast-in-situ caissons",
5- For being "The bridge offering
the greatest number of units in
its shopping compound."
The deck consists of three parts,
two of them having 193 m. length
are supported by tubular steel piles.
These spans are prestressed reinforced
concrete double deckers, the upper
deck is for the traffic and the
lower one is for shopping and sightseeing.
The middle part opening bascule
span is 81 m long.
