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Dolmabahge Palace, construction of a
bridge became inevitable. "The first bridge over the
Golden Horn was constructed between Unkapam and Azapkapi
in 1836. Then another bridge was needed to connect the
city center to Galata. Its construction was completed in
1845.
The idea of construction of the
bridge was leaded by Bezm-i Alem Valide Sultan and
therefore it was named after as Valide Sultan Bridge )-
New Bridge. It was constructed in front of the New
Mosque. It was the first wooden bridge and restored
between 1863-1875. It was a tool-bridge in the previous
years. Another bridge of 468 m. length was constructed
by the German firm MAN and it served until 1992. But it
was thoroughly damaged after a fire. The last bridge, by
German Thyssen, was seated upon 114 steel stakes, the
length of each being 80 m and diameter 2 m. Since ships
have to enter into the shipyards inside the Golden Horn,
the new Galata Bridge was built as a draw bridge (length
484 m.), which has 4 collapsible wings. Each these weigh
500 tones. |
