Bosphorus Bridge Traditional Cache

The Bosphorus Bridge, (Turkish: Boğaziçi Köprüsü) is one of two suspension bridges spanning the Bosphorus strait (Turkish: Boğaziçi) in Istanbul, Turkey; thus connecting Europe and Asia (the other one is the Fatih Sultan Mehmet Bridge, which is called the Second Bosphorus Bridge.) The bridge is located between Ortaköy (on the European side) and Beylerbeyi (on the Asian side).

It is a gravity anchored suspension bridge with steel towers and inclined hangers. The aerodynamic deck hangs on zigzag steel cables. It is 1,560 m long with a deck width of 33.40 m . The distance between the towers (main span) is 1,074 m and the total height of the towers is 165 m. The clearance of the bridge from sea level is 64 m.

The Bosphorus Bridge had the 4th longest suspension bridge span in the world when it was completed in 1973, and the longest outside the United States. At present, it is the 21st longest suspension bridge span in the world.

The idea of a bridge crossing the Bosphorus dates back to antiquity. For Emperor Darius I The Great of Persia (522 BC - 485 BC), as recorded by the Greek writer Herodotus in his Histories, Mandrocles of Samos once engineered a pontoon bridge that stretched across the Bosphorus, linking Asia to Europe, so that Darius could pursue the fleeing Scythians as well as move his army into position in the Balkans to overwhelm Macedon. The first project for a permanent bridge across the Bosphorus was proposed to Ottoman Sultan Abdul Hamid II by the Bosphorus Railroad Company in 1900, which included a rail link between the continents.

The bridge was completed on 30 October 1973, one day after the 50th anniversary of the founding of the Republic of Turkey, and opened by President Fahri Korutürk and Prime Minister Naim Talu. The cost of the bridge amounted to USD 200 million ($1.05 billion in 2013 dollars).

The cache is a magnetic micro, hidden in a nice park at the Bosphorus shore in the in the neighborhood of Kuzguncuk, a colorful village on the Asian side of Istanbul. You can see the Üryanizade Mosque along the shore on the northern edge of the park, which was built as a mescit (small mosque) in 1860 and has an interesting wooden minaret.

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Boğaziçi Köprüsü, Karadeniz ile Marmara Denizi'ni birbirine bağlayan İstanbul Boğazı üzerinde yer alan iki asma köprüden biridir. Köprünün ayakları Avrupa Yakası'nda Ortaköy, Anadolu Yakası'nda Beylerbeyi semtlerindedir.

İstanbul Boğazı üzerine yapılan ilk köprü olmasına atfen halk arasında Birinci Köprü olarak da adlandırılan Boğaziçi Köprüsü, sonra yapılan Fatih Sultan Mehmet Köprüsü ve şehirhatları vapurlarıyla birlikte kentin iki yakası arasında ulaşımı sağlar. 20 Şubat 1970 tarihinde yapımına başlanan köprü, 30 Ekim 1973 tarihinde saat 12.00'de, Türkiye Cumhuriyeti'nin kuruluşunun 50. yıldönümü şerefine devlet töreniyle hizmete açıldı. Yapımı tamamlandığında dünyanın en uzun dördüncü asma köprüsüyken, 2013 yılı itibarıyla 21. sırada bulunmaktadır.

Cache mıknatıslı bir mikrodur ve renkli Kuzguncuk mahallesi yakınındaki Boğaz kenarındaki bir parkta saklanmıştır. Parkın hemen yanında 1860 yılında yapılan Üryanizade Camiinin ahşap minaresi de dikkatinizi hak ediyor.