Otoyol 7 Explained

Country:TUR
Type:O
Route:7
Alternate Name:Northern Marmara Motorway
Kuzey Marmara Otoyolu
Established:As Connector 1987-2016, 2016
Terminus A: in Kınalı, Silivri
Junction:
Terminus B: in Akyazı
Length Km:462.7
Length Notes:952NaN2 open
3362NaN2 newly tendered
(including connecting roads)
Regions:Marmara
Provinces:Istanbul Province, Kocaeli Province, Sakarya Province
Cities:Kınalı, Istanbul, Gebze, İzmit, Adapazarı, Akyazı
Map:Karte KMO TR.svg
Previous Type:O
Previous Route:6
Next Type:O
Next Route:20

The Otoyol 7[1] (O-7; English: Motorway 7), or Kuzey Marmara Otoyolu, is a toll motorway in Turkey that bypasses Istanbul to the north. The motorway is 243 km in length between the Kınalı junction and the Akyazı junction, and is 8 lanes wide (4+4 lanes).

The completed section of highway crosses the Bosphorus Strait via the Yavuz Sultan Selim Bridge, which was opened in August 2016. The route is intended to serve as the outermost beltway of Istanbul as well as being the third road crossing of the Bosphorus. The route stretches 431km (268miles)[2] from Silivri, on the European side, to Akyazı on the Asian side. Connections to the O-4 as well as both the Bosphorus and Fatih Sultan Mehmet bridges will be built as the Northern Marmara Motorway and will bypass Istanbul to the north.

Up to 2016, the only section under construction was the 90km (60miles) section from Odayeri to Paşaköy. In this section, 14 tunnels, 61 viaducts, 45 underpasses, and 63 overpasses will be constructed.

The western (Silivri-Odayeri) and eastern (Kurtköy-Akyazı) sections were tendered in early May 2016. Construction was then estimated to take three years and to start in 2016.[3] The section of motorway south of O-3 was constructed in 1987 and was listed as a connector of the O-3 until 2016. The T1 and T2 tunnels on this highway were the location for the world's longest flight through a tunnel.

Exit list

Main route

Province!scope="col"
DistrictExitDestinationNotes
IstanbulSilivri (Kınalı)0.000.00K1-Istanbul/Edirne (Kınalı junction)
Silivri12.157.55K2Silivri junction
Çatalca19.0011.81Çatalca Service Area
20.3712.66Çatalca KMO - T1 Tunnel
22.4513.95Çatalca KMO - T2 Tunnel
27.9417.36K3, Çatalca junction
Çatalca (Nakkaş)34.4321.40K4Nakkaş junction
Arnavutköy37.5023.30Yassıören Service Area
41.6025.85K5Yassıören junction
48.2830K6Tayakadın junction
51.0031.69Tayakadın Service Area
54.1333.64K7Terminal 1-Istanbul Airport
56.5235.12K8Terminal 2-Istanbul Airport
58.2136.17K9Cargo Terminal-Istanbul Airport
Eyüpsultan61.0037.90K10-MahmutbeyConnects to, Atatürk Airport
64.4040.02Odayeri Service Area
77.0047.85K11Kilyos Cd.
SarıyerBeykoz85.0052.82Yavuz Sultan Selim Bridge(Toll $3)
Beykoz93.0057.79K12Riva Cd.
101.0062.76Riva Tunnel
Çekmeköy105.0065.25K13Şile Yolu Cd.
107.0066.49Reşadiye Service Area
113.0070.22K14O-2/O-6 Connector-Ümraniye,
Sancaktepe11571K15-Sultançiftliği,Şile
117.0071.46K16Atatürk Cd.
Pendik125.0077.67K17O-4/O-6 Connector-Pendik, Connects to Sabiha Gökçen Airport
Tuzla, Istanbul137.2685.29K18Formula (Istanbul Park) junction
139.1786.48Istanbul Park Service Area
KocaeliGebze142.2588.40K19Balçık junction
146.7091.16Mollafenari Service Area
150.5093.52K20Liman Connector-Gebze,,
Körfez163.65101.69Sevindikli Service Area
169.38105.25K21Sevindikli junction
Derince175.70109.18K22Toylar junction
178.15110.70Kocaeli KMO - T1 Tunnel
İzmit183.20113.84Kocaeli KMO - T2 Tunnel
185.50115.27Kocaeli KMO - T3 Tunnel
185.90115.52Kocaeli KMO - T4 Tunnel
189.06115.48Kocaeli KMO - T5 Tunnel
191.82119.19K23-İzmit, Kandıra junction
194.80121.05K24İzmit junction/
198.00123.03İzmit Service Area
212.83132.25K25Akmeşe junction
218.00135.46Akmeşe Service Area
SakaryaAdapazarı223.81139.07K26-Adapazarı, Kaynarca junction
231.84144.06K27Karasu junction
Akyazı240.00149.13Akyazı Service Area
243.35145.62K28-Ankara, Istanbul, Akyazı junction

Connecting route

width=100Province !width=100District !width=40km !width=40mi !width=30Exit !width=300Destination !width=200Notes
IstanbulEyüpsultanstyle='background: #dcdcdc'0.0style='background: #dcdcdc'0.0style='background: #ccccff'-style='background: #ccccff'Işıklar-Ağaçlı Rd. — Ağaçlıstyle='background: #ccccff'
style='background: #dcdcdc'1.3style='background: #dcdcdc'0.8style='background: #ccccff'K1style='background: #ccccff'Sancaktepe, Istanbulstyle='background: #ccccff'via Yavuz Sultan Selim Bridge
style='background: #dcdcdc'4.6style='background: #dcdcdc'2.9style='background: #ccccff'K15style='background: #ccccff'style='background: #ccccff'
style='background: #dcdcdc'6.3style='background: #dcdcdc'3.9
Arnavutköystyle='background: #dcdcdc'13.2style='background: #dcdcdc'8.2K14Arnavutköy-Habibler Rd. - Fenertepe
Başakşehirstyle='background: #dcdcdc'style='background: #dcdcdc'K13Habipler - Hasdal connection
style='background: #dcdcdc'17.3style='background: #dcdcdc'10.7K12Kanuni Sultan Süleyman Rd.
style='background: #dcdcdc'19.7style='background: #dcdcdc'12.2K112720 St.
style='background: #dcdcdc'20.9style='background: #dcdcdc'13.0K10677/19 St.
style='background: #dcdcdc'21.5style='background: #dcdcdc'13.4K9Süleyman Demirel Blvd.
21.713.5K19style='background: #ccccff' West — Edirnestyle='background: #ccccff'Toll otoyol
East — FatihConnection to the and
Bağcılarstyle='background: #dcdcdc'23.5style='background: #dcdcdc'14.6K181Halkalı Ave.
Bahçelievlerstyle='background: #dcdcdc'25.5style='background: #dcdcdc'15.8K182Mimar Sinan Ave.
style='background: #dcdcdc'28.1style='background: #dcdcdc'17.5K183Değirmenbahçe Ave.
style='background: #dcdcdc'29.4style='background: #dcdcdc'18.3K184Sanayi Ave.Northbound exit, southbound entrance and exit
Bakırköystyle='background: #dcdcdc'30.1style='background: #dcdcdc'18.7K185 — Çobançeşme
style='background: #dcdcdc'31.7style='background: #dcdcdc'19.7-Atatürk Havalimanı Ave. — Atatürk Int. AirportTransition into Boulevard

Notable accidents

External links

Notes and References

  1. http://www.kgm.gov.tr/SiteCollectionImages/KGMimages/Otoyollar/istanbul.jpg KGM otoyollar Haritası - İstanbul
  2. http://www.3kopru.com/proje/PROJE-KUNYESI/3 Project details
  3. http://www.milliyet.com.tr/kuzey-marmara-otoyolu-ihalesi/ekonomi/detay/2247088/default.htm Kuzey Marmara Otoyolu ihalesi sonuçlandı
  4. https://www.nhregister.com/news/world/article/chain-reaction-collision-in-dense-fog-on-turkish-18577592.php