If you have visited Turkey before, you must have noticed the severe traffic congestion that the city of Istanbul is suffering from in order to get rid of this problem, the importance of building a highway that facilitates traffic for citizens and protects the environment from the risk of traffic congestion and long waiting times that may reach hours has emerged. But what is the connection between Kuzey Marmara Highway and Canal Istanbul? This is what we will know in this article.
What is Kuzey Marmara Highway?
It is a highway that connects the European part of Istanbul to its Asian part and starts its path at the area of “Kınalı” in the west through vital areas in Istanbul such as the New Istanbul Airport, the Sultan Yavuz Selim Bridge and Sabiha Airport and then ends its path at the area of “Akyazı” in “Sakarya” to reach a full length of 443 km. It is considered one of the most important transportation projects in Turkey and the world, where the Minister of Transport and infrastructure, “Adil Karaismailoğlu” said that this highway holds a very important place in shaping the future of Turkey because it is a smooth logistical path between Europe and Asia.
Great benefits

The minister “Adel Karaismailoğlu” stated that the North Marmara Highway has been designed and built as an integrated system with secondary roads, bridges and tunnels that are easily accessible from every point in Istanbul and the Marmara area.
This highway is also the most important road to the New Istanbul Airport, one of the largest airports in the world, and provides integration between road transport and rails through the “Sultan Yavuz Selim” bridge where it accommodates vehicles as well as high-speed trains and freight trains.
The Highway and Canal Istanbul
Kuzey Marmara Highway meets in its branch “Başakşehir Hadımköy” with the Canal Istanbul at its first bridge (Sazlıdere Bridge) where the third etab of the smart city ” Yenişehir” to give great importance to the area.

When the Turkish President “Recep Tayyip Erdoğan” participated on 21/5/2021 at the opening ceremony of the seventh and last section of the highway, he said, “the intersections of “Habibler” and “Hasdal” will provide easy access to cars that use the second ring road in front of the Sultan Mehmed Al-Fatih bridge to places with heavy traffic such as “Başakşehir” , “Kayaşehir” , Arnavutköy and Çam and Sakura Industrial Hospital.”
Based on the above, the passage of the Kuzey Marmara highway from “Yenişehir” is an important point to attract investors to buy land around the Canal Istanbul and take advantage of investment opportunities in it, especially those overlooking the street directly.
To learn more about the investment opportunities in Yenişehir and to inspect the land on the ground, you can contact Elhaj Real Estate Group.
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