Turkey completes construction of third Bosphorus bridge

Turkey has completed the construction of the third Bosphorus bridge, costing $2.3 billion, which began in May 2013, the Turkish TV channel Kanal7 reports.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu visited the site of the construction of the bridge, Trend reports.

The bridge is 1.85 km in length and 59 meters in width. It is built at an altitude of 320 meters above the Bosphorus. 

The bridge will be commissioned in April.