Otoyol 30
Otoyol 30 | ||||
Izmir Beltway İzmir Çevreyolu | ||||
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Part of | ||||
Length | 66.8 km (41.5 mi) | |||
Existed | 1993 – present | |||
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Regions: | Aegean | |||
Provinces | Izmir Province | |||
Major cities | Izmir | |||
Highway system | ||||
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Otoyol 30 (English: Motorway 30), also known as the Izmir Beltway (Turkish: İzmir Çevreyolu) and abbreviated as the O-30, is a 60.4 km (37.5 mi) long motorway that runs around the Gulf of Izmir from Balçova to Menemen. The motorway acts as a bypass for through-traffic around the city and connects to three other motorways; O-5, O-31 and O-32. For most of its route, the O-30 runs along the perimeter of Izmir, but enters urbanized areas in Balçova, Bornova, Karşıyaka and Çiğli. The entire motorway has six lanes (three in each direction) and is a part of the E87 and E881.
The first section of the O-30 opened to traffic in 1993 with the most recent section being opened 2015. The O-30 is planned to be extended further north to Çandarlı by 2019. Construction of this section began on 5 April 2017.
History
Construction of the O-30 was started in 1988 in order to relive traffic on the congested D-550, which was the only direct north-south road at the time. Along with relieving inner-city congestion, the O-30 was planned to be a connecting hub for two other motorways under construction at the time. The first section of the motorway was opened to traffic on 12 December 1993, between Karabağlar and Işıkkent.[1] This 18 km (11 mi) long section provided an alternate route around the city from Gaziemir (south Izmir) to Bornova (east Izmir) as well as connecting to the O-31, which opened its first section on the same day. Construction of the O-30 slowed down over the next years, due to financial difficulties. Construction of the southern half of the O-30 progressed faster than construction of the northern half. On 10 July 1997, the O-30 was connected to the D-300, which was the main east-west trunk road and on 15 August 1998, the 2.5 km (1.6 mi) long section between Karabağlar and Uzundere was opened to traffic. In 1999, connection to the Izmir Bus Terminal was opened on the 10 April, followed by the 5 km (3.1 mi) long section between Uzundere and Balçova, which was opened on 30 April. The motorway was finally connected to the O-32 on 6 August 2002, via a 1.5 km (0.93 mi) viaduct through Balçova, thus completing the southern half of the O-30.[1] Due to the slow progression of its northern half, the O-30 was nicknamed the motorway that will never open (Turkish: Açılmaz otoyol) and residents of Izmir started to protest the delay.[2] Construction was sped up in 2006 and in January 2007 the 12.6 km (7.8 mi) section between Bornova and Karşıyaka along with two tunnels was opened. Construction progressed at a steady pace over the next years as the O-30 was extended from Karşıyaka to Çiğli in 2008, Çiğli Air Base in 2011 and to Koyundere (south Menemen) in 2015. The O-30 is expected to open to Menemen in late 2017.
Menemen-Çandarlı extension
On 15 February 2015 the tender to construct the 76 km (47 mi) extension of the O-30 was awarded to a consortium of three companies, IC İçdaş, Kalyon and Astaldi. Like other otoyol projects in Turkey, the tender was awarded under a build-operate-transfer contract until 2027.[3] Groundbreaking for the highway took place on 5 April 2017 in a ceremony attended by Prime Minister Binali Yıldırım and Minister of Transport Ahmet Arslan. The US$408.2 million extension is expected to open in 2019.[4]
Exit list
Province | District | km | mi | Exit | Destinations | Notes |
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İzmir | Balçova | 0.0 | 0.0 | K1 | Trumpet interchange | |
1.2 | 0.75 | Fuat Köprülü St. | Northbound entrance, southbound exit | |||
Karabağlar | 4.6 | 2.9 | K2 | Kütüphaneci Rasime Şeyhoğlu St. | ||
6.8 | 4.2 | K3 | Eski İzmir Ave. | |||
Gaziemir | 7.9 | 4.9 | İzmir Fairground | Nortbound exit, southbound entrance and exit | ||
9.4 | 5.8 | K4 | Cloverleaf interchange | |||
Buca | 10.7 | 6.6 | 677/19 St. | Southbound exit | ||
16.8 | 10.4 | K5 | Doğuş Ave. | Cloverleaf interchange | ||
18.1 | 11.2 | K6 | Dokuz Eylül University | Trumpet interchange | ||
19.8 | 12.3 | K7 | Toll motorway | |||
Bornova | 26.8 | 16.7 | K8 | Aydınlar Ave. | ||
27.4 | 17.0 | Kemalpaşa Ave. | Northbound exit | |||
29.4 | 18.3 | K9 | Cloverleaf interchange | |||
30.7 | 19.1 | K10 | 372nd St. | |||
31.7 | 19.7 | K11 | ||||
33 | 21 | K12 | Yzb. İbrahim Hakkı Ave. | |||
35.3 | 21.9 | K13 | 1620/39th St. | |||
Bayraklı | 36.4 | 22.6 | Bayraklı-1 Tunnel | |||
38.9 | 24.2 | Bayraklı-2 Tunnel | ||||
39.9 | 24.8 | K14 | 7375th St. | |||
Karşıyaka | 41.4 | 25.7 | K15 | Girne Blvd. — Karşıyaka | Cloverleaf interchange | |
43.3 | 26.9 | K16 | 6718th St. — Yamaçevler | |||
44.5 | 27.7 | K17 | Cloverleaf interchange | |||
Çiğli | 46.1 | 28.6 | K18 | Caher Dudayev Blvd. — Mavişehir, Çiğli | Via service road | |
48.6 | 30.2 | K19 | Mustafa Kemal Atatürk Blvd. — Çiğli O.S.B. | Via service road | ||
50.4 | 31.3 | K20 | Ahmet Priştina Ave. — Sasalı | |||
62 | 39 | K21 | Havaalanı Şosesi Ave. — Çiğli Air Base | |||
Menemen | 65.9 | 40.9 | K22 | 35-82 — Hacıveli | ||
69.3 | 43.1 | K23 | End of motorway, cloverleaf interchange | |||
K24 | Expected to open in 2019. | |||||
Menemen Toll Plaza | ||||||
Aliağa | K25 | 35-79 — Foça | Expected to open in 2019. | |||
K26 | 35-79 — Yeni Foça | Expected to open in 2019. | ||||
K27 | Güzelhisar Ave. — Aliağa | Expected to open in 2019. | ||||
K28 | Aliağa O.S.B. | Expected to open in 2019. | ||||
K29 | Expected to open in 2019. | |||||
Dikili | K30 | Expected to open in 2019. | ||||
Port of Çandarlı | Expected to open in 2019. | |||||
35-79 — Çandarlı | Expected to open in 2019. | |||||
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi
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See also
References
- 1 2 İzmir-Aydın ve İzmir Çevre Yolu İnşaatı, Abdullah Bizden, p. 26
- ↑ Izmir Beltway is expanding further
- ↑ Menemen-Aliağa-Çandarlı Otoyolu İhalesi Sonuçlandı 17 February 2017, eborsahaber.com
- ↑ Menemen-Aliağa-Çandarlı Otoyolu'nda çalışmalar başladı