A DREAM COMES TRUE IN ISTANBUL FOR 150 YEARS

A DREAM COMES TRUE IN ISTANBUL FOR 150 YEARS

 

        The project has been prepared by Sultan Abdulmecid (The king of Ottoman) in 1860.However, it could not been realized because of technical lackness in the time.Today the dream 'Marmaray' is coming true and it is one of the most important project on the world.People will walk under the bosphorus from Assia to Europea for the firs time in January 2011.

          Huseyin Balkaya who is the manager of Marmaray project,is declared that, in 1860 the first project has prepared by Preault who is an Engineer. Preault's project was consisting submerged tunnels on stands between Uskudar and Sarayburnu but the contemporarily technology was not useful enough .In 1902 ,the
engineers Strom ,Lindmond and Hilliker has designed another bosphorus transporting project. The Engineers' approach was submerged viaduct-tunnel building between Sarayburnu and Uskudar but the project could not be realized.Finally,today we are very close to pass throught the bosphorus under the sea.

         There is only 700 meters tunnel to mount

         Belkaya said that, the drilling machine will work for 700 meters to finish tunnel. By 2011,the connections of the tunnel will be completed properly.
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.(from milliyet)