Tohma Bridge ( tr, Tohma Köprüsü), also known as Martyr Gaffar Güneş Bridge (''Şehit Gaffar Güneş Köprüsü''), is a road bridge in Malatya Province, eastern Turkey. The bridge crosses the

Karakaya Dam The Karakaya Dam is one of the 21 dams of the Southeastern Anatolia Project of Turkey, built on the Euphrates River and completed in 1987. The hydroelectric dam generates power with six units of , totalling the installed capacity to . Conflict w ...

reservoir on the State road D.875 between the provinces

Malatya Malatya ( hy, Մալաթիա, translit=Malat'ya; Syro-Aramaic ܡܠܝܛܝܢܐ Malīṭīná; ku, Meletî; Ancient Greek: Μελιτηνή) is a large city in the Eastern Anatolia region of Turkey and the capital of Malatya Province. The city ha ...

and

Sivas Sivas (Latin and Greek: ''Sebastia'', ''Sebastea'', Σεβάστεια, Σεβαστή, ) is a city in central Turkey and the seat of Sivas Province. The city, which lies at an elevation of in the broad valley of the Kızılırmak river, is a ...

. It is to connect

Eastern Anatolia The Eastern Anatolia Region ('' tr, Doğu Anadolu Bölgesi'') is a geographical region of Turkey. The most populous province in the region is Van Province. Other populous provinces are Malatya, Erzurum and Elazığ. It is bordered by the Black Se ...

and

Southeastern Anatolia The Southeastern Anatolia Region ( tr, Güneydoğu Anadolu Bölgesi) is a geographical region of Turkey. The most populous city in the region is Gaziantep. Other examples of big cities are Şanlıurfa, Diyarbakır, Mardin and Adıyaman. It is ...

regions with

Black Sea Region The Black Sea Region ( tr, Karadeniz Bölgesi) is a geographical region of Turkey. The largest city in the region is Samsun. Other big cities are Trabzon, Ordu, Tokat, Giresun, Rize, Amasya and Sinop. It is bordered by the Marmara Region to the ...

via Malatya. Started in 2018, it was designed as a

box girder bridge A box girder bridge, or box section bridge, is a bridge in which the main beams comprise girders in the shape of a hollow box. The box girder normally comprises prestressed concrete, structural steel, or a composite of steel and reinf ...

and built with

prestressed concrete Prestressed concrete is a form of concrete used in construction. It is substantially "prestressed" ( compressed) during production, in a manner that strengthens it against tensile forces which will exist when in service. Post-tensioned concreted i ...

using

incremental launch Incremental launch is a method in civil engineering of building a complete Deck (bridge), bridge deck from one abutment of the bridge only, manufacturing the Superstructure#Bridges, superstructure of the bridge by sections to the other side. In c ...

method by PYES Co. under the contractor Ziver İnşaat Co. For the construction of the bridge were concrete, 2,700 tons steel for

girder A girder () is a support beam used in construction. It is the main horizontal support of a structure which supports smaller beams. Girders often have an I-beam cross section composed of two load-bearing ''flanges'' separated by a stabilizing ' ...

s of dimension and

bored pile In conventional usage, boredom, ennui, or tedium is an emotional and occasionally psychological state experienced when an individual is left without anything in particular to do, is listlessness and dissatisfaction arising from a lack of occu ...

used. It features seismic base isolators on both ends to withstand earthquakes. Opened on 6 February 2021, the bridge is long, wide and high with a total of 15 spans of {{{cvt, 34.5, m. It carries two lanes in each direction.

References

{{reflist, refs= {{cite news , url=https://www.hurriyet.com.tr/gundem/tohma-koprusu-nerede-41734338 , newspaper=

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=Tohma Köprüsü nerede? , date=6 February 2021 , language=tr , accessdate=6 February 2021 {{cite web , url=http://bridgewiz.com/the-tohma-bridge/ , publisher=Bridgewiz Engineering , title=The Tohma Bridge , accessdate=7 February 2021 {{cite news , url=https://www.aa.com.tr/tr/turkiye/itme-surme-yontemi-ile-insa-edilen-yeni-tohma-koprusu-aciliyor/2134855# , newspaper=

Anadolu News Agency Anadolu Agency ( tr, Anadolu Ajansı, ; abbreviated AA) is a state-run news agency headquartered in Ankara, Turkey. History The Anadolu Agency was founded in 1920 during the Turkish War of Independence by the order of Mustafa Kemal Ataturk. As ...

, title='İtme sürme yöntemi' ile inşa edilen yeni Tohma Köprüsü açılıyor , date=5 February 2021 , language=tr , accessdate=7 February 2021 {{Bridges in Turkey Road bridges in Turkey Bridges completed in 2021 2021 establishments in Turkey Buildings and structures in Malatya Province Transport in Malatya Province Box girder bridges {{Turkey-bridge-struct-stub