Turkey opens world's longest uninterrupted bike path

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Cycling enthusiasts can now travel uninterrupted between Samandag and Arsuz in Hatay province, with a view of mountains on one side and the Mediterranean on the other

Hatay’s governor, Rahmi Dogan, says the Samandag-Arsuz road connecting the two Turkish towns has been in the works for fifty years. He adds that all governors since 1978 have unsuccessfully tried to build it - until now.

“Just adding the bicycle path increased our costs by 20 percent,” Dogan notes, especially since to realise such a project, 74 culverts needed to be built under the road to allow water to flow underneath it. They have also had to build two bridges - respectively 30 metres and 60 metres long - over creeks to avoid interruption of the bike path., “because it’s not enough just to build roads. We must build bicycle paths as well to observe the beauty of nature as we travel.

Dogan also provides some statistics for the building of the road from Samandag to Arsuz: “2,300,000 cubic metres were dug, 554,000 cubic metres were filled, 37,600 cubic metres of stones were piled on the side facing the sea, 92,000 cubic metres of stones were piled on the side facing the mountains to secure the road.”in Madenli, 10 kilometres from Arsuz on the way to Iskenderun, that will have the capacity to serve 108 boats.

 

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