The Ayvalık Strait Bridge ( tr, Ayvalık Boğaz Köprüsü), also known as 15 Eylül Bridge, is a bridge crossing the Dolap Strait in
Ayvalık
Ayvalık () is a seaside town on the northwestern Aegean coast of Turkey. It is a district of Balıkesir province. The town centre is connected to Cunda Island by a causeway and is surrounded by the archipelago of Ayvalık Islands, which face ...
,
Balıkesir Province
Balıkesir Province ( tr, ) is a province in northwestern Turkey with coastlines on both the Sea of Marmara and the Aegean Sea, Aegean. Its adjacent provinces are Çanakkale Province, Çanakkale to the west, İzmir Province, İzmir to the southw ...
, western Turkey. It connects
Cunda Island
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Cunda Island, also called Alibey Island, ( tr, Cunda Adası, Alibey Adası), Greek Moschonisi ( gr, Μοσχονήσι or Μοσχόνησος), is the largest of the Ayvalık Islands archipelago in Turkey, which was historically ...
with
Lale Island
Lale Island (literally "Tulip Island", also called ''Dolap Island'') is an Aegean Island of Turkey. In the antiquity it was called ''Kremydonisi'' ( el, Κρεμμυδονήσι and Κρομμυδονήσι). It is part of Ayvalık ilçe (distri ...
and, by extension, the town of Ayvalık on the mainland. It has been dubbed ''The first strait bridge in Turkey''
(''Boğaz Köprüsü'') since it predates the
Bosphorus Bridge in
Istanbul
Istanbul ( , ; tr, İstanbul ), formerly known as Constantinople ( grc-gre, Κωνσταντινούπολις; la, Constantinopolis), is the List of largest cities and towns in Turkey, largest city in Turkey, serving as the country's economic, ...
(1970), which has a famous nickname as ''Strait Bridge''.
The bridge carries 15 Eylül Avenue, with one lane in each direction; and is Cunda Island's only connection to the mainland.
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{{Bridges in Turkey
Road bridges in Turkey
Bridges completed in 1964
1964 establishments in Turkey
Buildings and structures in Balıkesir Province
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