Golden Horn Bridge, Istanbul, Turkey

location: Golden Horn between Halıcıoğlu, Beyoğlu and Blachernae or Ayvansaray, Fatih, Istanbul, Turkey

name: Haliç Köprüsü (Turkish)

function: link between the north European part and the south European part of Istanbul, link in the net connection with the Asian part of Istanbul; vehicular

history: 1974 with later expansions

specialties: 6 c., the first bridge over the Golden Horn by Justinian I near the Theodosian Land Walls; 15 c., a mobile bridge from assembled side-by-side ships during the Fall of Constantinople under the Ottomans; 4th Galata or the old bridge by Mehmed V, moved nearby after being damaged by fire, repaired