Friday, 2 January 2015

Bosphorus Bridge / 2 images

Architects: Sir Gilbert Roberts and William Brown, 1973. The suspension bridge's 1,560m length joins Europe and Asia. 
Each steel tower is 165m high. The deck support cables are in a zig-zag arrangement and are fitted with LEDs for night illumination. Istanbul, Turkey.

(Both images CC BY-NC-SA 2.0 - credit: Images George Rex.)