Upon its completion in 1973, the Bosphorus Bridge had the fourth-longest suspension bridge span in the world, and the longest outside the United States (only the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge, Golden Gate Bridge and Mackinac Bridge had a longer span in 1973). The clearance of the bridge from sea level is 64 m (210 ft). The distance between the towers (main span) is 1,074 m (3,524 ft) and the total height of the towers is 165 m (541 ft). The aerodynamic deck hangs on steel cables. It is a gravity-anchored suspension bridge with steel towers and inclined hangers.
The bridge extends between Ortaköy (in Europe) and Beylerbeyi (in Asia). The Bosphorus Bridge ( Turkish: Boğaziçi Köprüsü), known officially as the 15 July Martyrs Bridge ( Turkish: 15 Temmuz Şehitler Köprüsü) and unofficially as the First Bridge ( Turkish: Birinci Köprü), is one of the three suspension bridges spanning the Bosphorus strait (Turkish: Boğaziçi) in Istanbul, Turkey, thus connecting Europe and Asia (alongside Fatih Sultan Mehmet Bridge and Yavuz Sultan Selim Bridge).
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