How Türkiye Built the World's Longest Suspension Bridge

How did Türkiye build the world's longest suspension bridge span, 2,023 metres across the Dardanelles, on soft clay, in a busy shipping lane, in an earthquake zone? Floating 60,000-tonne caissons, steel towers taller than the Eiffel Tower, and 18,000 wires in every cable. CHAPTERS 0:00 Cold open: 2,023 metres 1:07 A bridge with a date in it 2:34 Why a suspension bridge? 3:04 The seabed 7:03 The earthquake question 9:36 The shipping lane 10:31 The wind 11:35 The towers 13:21 The cables 15:06 Closing the gap 16:08 Opening day, and the bill 18:29 What really holds it up SOURCES 1915 Çanakkale Bridge – Wikipedia: ENR – Global Project of the Year Bridge Design & Engineering – Designs on greatness Hürriyet Daily News – Towers of Çanakkale Bridge set to rise soon Stock footage: Pexels (see credits). Some construction scenes are AI-generated illustrations and are labelled on screen. Graphics are simplified; vertical scales exaggerated. #Türkiye #Engineering #Megaprojects #Bridge #Documentary