The groundbreaking ceremony for the 1915Çanakkale Bridge and Motorway Project was held on the 18th of March 2017 with the participation of Prime Minister Binali Yıldırım, Deputy Prime Minister Numan Kurtulmuş, Minister of Transportation, Maritime Affairs and Communications Ahmet Arslan, Republic of South Korea Minister of Land, Infrastructure and Transportation Ho-In Kang, Çanakkale MP Bülent Turan and other members of the protocol.
At the Tower Foundation Concrete and Tower Piling Ceremony held in Çanakkale with the attendance of President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, the bridge tower foundation concrete was casted.
Another important phase of the 1915Çanakkale Project has been completed with success.
The steel shaft installation on European caisson of the 1915Çanakkale Bridge, which is being constructed in Çanakkale Strait between Gallipoli Sütlüce and Lapseki Şekerkaya, has been completed.
The steel shaft installation on Asian caisson of the 1915Çanakkale Bridge, which is being constructed in Çanakkale Strait between Sütlüce in Gallipoli and Şekerkaya in Lapseki, has been completed.