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Fatih Sultan Mehmet Bridge
ID: TWMRISBO08 · © Carl Rasmussen · Added: 2003

Fatih Sultan Mehmet Bridge

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View looking north at the Fatih Sultan Mehmet Bridge. This bridge is named after the Turkish conquer of Constantinople (Fatih means “conqueror”) in 1453. It spans the Bosphorus at its narrowest point—where it is only 0.5 mi. [0.66 km.] wide.