Otoyol
The Otoyol (Plural: ''Otoyollar'') is the national network of controlled-access highways in Turkey. The network spans as of 2020-end and was first opened in 1973. Another term for the system is Otoban, which is a popular but unofficial term transcribed from the German word ''autobahn''. The term ''Otoyol'' translates to ''motorway'' while the literal meaning is ''auto-route''. The ''Otoyol'' system previously consisted of three separate networks; the Edirne-Istanbul-Ankara corridor, the Aegean network centered around İzmir, and the Southeastern network centered around Adana. With the completion of the O-5 in 2019 and the extension of the O-21 in 2020, these three networks have since been connected. The network is expected to expand to by 2023 and to by 2035. The minimum speed limit on the Turkish otoyols is while the maximum speed is . History The construction of a national road system was prioritized in 1948, where the construction of new roads were greatly accelerated. Th ...
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Otoyol 2
Otoyol 2 ( en, Motorway 2), abbreviated as , locally referred to as 2. ÇevreyoluUsually colloquially called TEM yolu or TEM in Turkish—which refers to Trans-European Motorway. ( en, The Second Beltway), is a motorway in Istanbul, Turkey that forms the outer ring road of the city connecting European and Asian parts via the Fatih Sultan Mehmet Bridge. It starts in Mahmutbey East on the European part, where the Avrupa Otoyolu ( en, Europe Motorway) links, runs through the northern outskirts of the city passing over the Bosporus Strait, and terminates at the western end of the Anadolu Otoyolu ( en, Anatolia Motorway) , before the toll plaza is situated. Otoyol 2 is toll-free, however the Fatih Sultan Bridge is a toll bridge in the eastward direction only, having its toll plaza at the European side. O-2 is connected via three feeder highways to İstanbul 1. Çevreyolu (First Beltway) and one highway to Avrupa Otoyolu (Europe Motorway). As the connecting highway of the motorways ...
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