"Located at the core of the historical peninsula."
The Fatih Sultan Mehmet Bridge ("Sultan Mehmed the Conqueror Bridge"), also known as the Second Bosphorus Bridge, is a bridge spanning the Bosphorus strait. When completed in 1988, it was the 5th-longest suspension bridge span in the world; today it is the 19th.
The bridge is named after the 15th-century Ottoman Sultan Mehmed the Conqueror, who conquered the Byzantine capital,Constantinople, in 1453. It carries the European route E80, Asian Highway 1, Asian Highway 5 and Otoyol 2 highways.