Otoyol 5

(), named the Kocaeli Gebze-Bursa-İzmir Motorway () and abbreviated as O-5, is a toll motorway in Turkey. Since being completed in 2019, it connects the Istanbul and Kocaeli metropolitan areas with İzmir, via Bursa and Balıkesir. The O-5 runs parallel to the D575 and the D565 for most of its length and is a major motorway in Turkey as it provides a direct connection between Kocaeli and its surrounding metropolis to the country's 3rd largest (İzmir) and 4th largest (Bursa) cities, bypassing the Gulf of İzmit via the Osman Gazi Bridge. The O-5 also makes up part of the International E-road network E881 thus making it one of the most extensive and expensive transport megaprojects.

The western part of the Bursa Beltway, which is part of the O-5, was completed during the 2000s. The rest of the O-5 has been under construction since the early 2010s, with the first portion opened from Altinova to Gemlik in April 2016. As of April 2017, the O-5 is open in two separate sections: the section from its northern terminus in Kocaeli, Gebze to Bursa, across the Osman Gazi Bridge along with a section from Kemalpaşa to its southern terminus in İzmir. The final section, Karacabey to Akhisar, opened on August 5, 2019.

The O-5 is the most expensive toll motorway in Turkey as the price for a personal vehicle from Kocaeli Gebze to Izmir , 2.895 ( 60.44), including the Osman Gazi Bridge toll of 1.170 ( 24.43) (As 17.08.2026)

On the O-5, Starting from 3nd Kilometer (After the Osmangazi Bridge) they are "Service Areas" Called "Oksijen Facilities" all the way up to 375th km of the road. On These Service Areas/Facilities, various Gasoline company's (Like OPET, Shell, Lukoil, etc.), Electric Charge Stations (Like ZES And TruGo) Restaurants, Restrooms, Coffee Chain's (Like Kahve Dünyası) , Prayer facilities (Masjids) and Various Sports and Dress Chains are included for People's service.

Kocaeli Gebze-Bursa-İzmir Motorway Project details The project includes the Osman Gazi Bridge, the Kocaeli, Gebze-Bursa section and the Bursa-İzmir section of Otoyol 5. It is a build-operate-transfer project which was Awarded to a consortium consisting of 5 companies, Maintained by Otoyol A.Ş (Which Is consortium's operator company) (Nurol, Özaltın, Makyol, Göçay and Astaldi).

Key dates Source: Tender: 9 April 2009 Signing of contract: 27 September 2010 Date of effect: 15 March 2013 End of contract: 15 July 2035 Construction time: 7 years

Guaranteed traffic volumes Source: Gebze-Orhangazi (including bridge): 40000 PCU/day Orhangazi-Bursa: 35000 PCU/day Bursa-Balıkesir: 17000 PCU/day Balıkesir-İzmir: 23000 PCU/day

Technical details

Source: 377 kilometres of motorway, 44 kilometres of connection roads 1 suspension bridge with a main span of 1,550 metres Osman Gazi Bridge 30 viaducts (18,212 metres) 3 tunnels (6,200 metres) 209 small bridges 18 toll plazas 7 service areas and 7 parking areas (Parking areas was numbered via "Where which km did You are in, For example, O 320 (320th km of the road)

Tunnels Orhangazi Tunnel - 3,586 m (11,211 ft) Selçukgazi Tunnel - 1,234 m (4,049 ft) Belkahve Tunnel - ~1,700 m

Exit list

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