Homeros Boulevard ( tr, Homeros Bulvarı) is a partially completed

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. The route is planned to be an long "express route" connecting central Konak to the

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in south

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, as well as the O-5 and

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motorways. The first section of the boulevard, a long section in northwest

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, opened on 14 December 2013 with an official ceremony. The boulevard was then named ''Homeros Boulevard'' after the legendary ancient author who once lived in western

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. The boulevard starts at the east end of the

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, at a junction with the D.300/ D.550 highway, and heads east. This part of the boulevard is elevated on a viaduct that crosses the Meles creek and the İzmir-Eğirdir railway, as well as Menderes Avenue, until joining Onat Avenue at a roundabout intersection. The route was nicknamed ''flying road'' ( tr, Uçanyol) since the viaduct reaches a maximum height of . The rest of the boulevard is under construction and will pass through the long

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Pictures

Konak Tunnel.jpg, The west end of Homeros Boulevard and the Konak Tunnel in central Konak. Buca-Bornova Tunnel.jpg, The west portal of the Buca-Bornova Tunnel. Homeros Blvd, Buca-Bornova Tunnel.jpg, Demolition works of several houses for the construction of the boulevard.

References

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Hürriyet ''Hürriyet'' (, ''Liberty'') is one of the major Turkish newspapers, founded in 1948. , it had the highest circulation of any newspaper in Turkey at around 319,000. ''Hürriyet'' has a mainstream, liberal and conservative outlook. ''Hürriyet ...

, title=Uçanyol'un adı ‘Homeros Bulvarı’ oldu , date=12 December 2013 , language=Turkish , accessdate=14 August 2018 {{cite web , url=https://www.izmirlininsesi.com/homeros-bulvar305n305n-uccedilanyol-kesin-plan-ve-guumlzergah305.html , title=Homeros Bulvarı'nın (Uçanyol) kesin plan ve güzergahı , website=izmirlininsesi.com , language=Turkish , date=1 August 2016 , accessdate=14 August 2018 , archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180813210515/https://www.izmirlininsesi.com/homeros-bulvar305n305n-uccedilanyol-kesin-plan-ve-guumlzergah305.html , archive-date=13 August 2018 , url-status=dead Streets in İzmir Konak District Buca District Bornova District