ANKARA: The Turkish government has announced plans to build a giant, three-story tunnel underwater that connects Istanbul on the Asian and European sides of the Bosphorus.
The tunnel, measuring 6.5 kilometres long, would sit 110 metres below the sea level. It’s already been called a “crazy project” by the local newspaper Hurryet. But we think it looks pretty cool. This GIF shows you where the tunnel is going to be built:
The project was announced by Prime Minister Ahmet Davotoglu today, who described the infrastructure as “a harbinger of the new Turkey,” according to the Lebanese paper The Daily Star.
The tunnel will feature both a highway for cars and a railway. One highway lane will be at the top of the tunnel, the rail line will occupy the middle layer, and the other lane of the highway will be at the bottom.
