Turkey opened one of the world's largest bridges Friday designed to allow traffic to cross the Bosphorus Strait between Europe and Asia and ease congestion in Istanbul. President Recep Tayyip Erdogan oversaw a ceremony inaugurating the $3 billion Yavuz Sultan Selim Bridge, which is touted by its Turko-Italian developers as the world's broadest suspension bridge at 58.4 meters (192 feet) wide. The toll bridge, spanning 1,408 meters (4,620 feet) over the Bosphorus, features 10 lanes, including two rail lines. It becomes Istanbul's third bridge spanning the strategic strait. It honors a 16th century Ottoman sultan, Selim, whom the Alevi religious minority blames for instigating a massacre of their people five centuries ago.

Source: Fox News August 26, 2016 17:15 UTC