The Euphrates Viaduct is a

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bridge A bridge is a structure built to span a physical obstacle (such as a body of water, valley, road, or rail) without blocking the way underneath. It is constructed for the purpose of providing passage over the obstacle, which is usually somethi ...

across the

Euphrates The Euphrates () is the longest and one of the most historically important rivers of Western Asia. Tigris–Euphrates river system, Together with the Tigris, it is one of the two defining rivers of Mesopotamia ( ''the land between the rivers'') ...

between Belkıs,

Nizip Nizip ( gkm, Nisibis or Nisibina; ota, نزيب) is a town and district of Gaziantep Province of southeastern Turkey. As of 2010, the population of the city is 96,229. It is located 45 km from the city of Gaziantep, 95 km from Şanlıu ...

Gaziantep Province Gaziantep Province ( tr, ) is a province in south-central Turkey. It is located in the westernmost part of Turkey's Southeastern Anatolia Region and partially in the Mediterranean Region. Its capital is the city of Gaziantep. It neighbours Ad ...

and

Birecik Birecik; ku, Bêrecûk is a town and district of Şanlıurfa Province of Turkey, on the Euphrates. Built on a limestone cliff 400 ft. high on the left/east bank of the Euphrates, "at the upper part of a reach of that river, which runs nearl ...

Şanlıurfa Province Şanlıurfa Province ( tr, Şanlıurfa ili; ku, Parêzgeha Rihayê) or simply Urfa Province is a province in southeastern Turkey. The city of Şanlıurfa is the capital of the province which bears its name. The population is 1,845,667 (2014). The ...

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. Built up to 2007, it is the longest river bridge in

. Buses and other cars going from the three big cities (

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and Izmir) to

Diyarbakır Diyarbakır (; ; ; ) is the largest Kurdish-majority city in Turkey. It is the administrative center of Diyarbakır Province. Situated around a high plateau by the banks of the Tigris river on which stands the historic Diyarbakır Fortress, ...

, play an important role on this viaduct. Cars going to Diyarbakır can also use the Kömürhan Bridge which carries state roadway between Malatya and Elazığ.

Project

The viaduct is a part of the Adana-Gaziantep-Urfa Motorway, which will be extended up to Habur border gate in the Iraqi border/frontier. The viaduct carries 6 lanes of motorway. 14,000 cubic-metre (m3) tonnes of iron and 94,583 cubic metres of concrete were used during the construction. It is frequently used by cars/trucks/buses in Gaziantep (from Urfa) and/or Urfa (from Gaziantep) direction. The viaduct cost 70 million new Turkish liras (2007).

References

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Birecik Dam The Birecik Dam, one of the 21 dams of the Southeastern Anatolia Project of Turkey, is located on the Euphrates River downstream of Atatürk Dam and upstream of Birecik town west of Province of Şanlıurfa in the southeastern region of Turk ...

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Birecik Bridge The Birecik Bridge is a long deck arch bridge carrying the D.400 across the Euphrates in Birecik, Turkey. Geography The bridge is on the state highway , which runs from southwest to southeast Turkey. It spans over Fırat River (Euphrates) at ab ...

, downstream signs = {{jct, country=TUR, D, 400 Bridges in Turkey Crossings of the Euphrates Road bridges in Turkey Bridges completed in 2007 2007 establishments in Turkey Bridges over the Euphrates River