The Ayvalık Strait Bridge (), also known as 15 Eylül Bridge, is a bridge crossing the Dolap Strait in

Ayvalık Ayvalık (), formerly also known as Kydonies (), is a municipality and Districts of Turkey, district of Balıkesir Province, Turkey. Its area is 305 km2, and its population is 75,126 (2024). It is a seaside town on the northwestern Aegean Se ...

Balıkesir Province Balıkesir Province () is a Provinces of Turkey, province and Metropolitan municipalities in Turkey, metropolitan municipality in northwestern Turkey with coastlines on both the Sea of Marmara and the Aegean Sea, Aegean. Its area is 14,583 km ...

, western Turkey. It connects

Cunda Island __NOTOC__ Cunda Island, also called Alibey Island, (), Greek Moschonisi ( or Μοσχόνησος), is the largest of the Ayvalık Islands archipelago in Turkey, which was historically called the ''Εκατόνησα'' (''Hekatonisa'') or '' ...

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'' (). It is part of Ayvalık ilçe (district) of Balıkesir Province at . It has two road connectio ...

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 The Bosphorus Bridge (), known officially as the 15 July Martyrs Bridge () and colloquially as the First Bridge (), is the oldest and southernmost of the three suspension bridges spanning the Bosphorus strait (Turkish: ''Boğaziçi'') in Ist ...

Istanbul Istanbul is the List of largest cities and towns in Turkey, largest city in Turkey, constituting the country's economic, cultural, and historical heart. With Demographics of Istanbul, a population over , it is home to 18% of the Demographics ...

(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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