Turkey opens world's longest bridge between Europe and Asia

The 1915 Canakkale Bridge, which is the world's longest road suspension bridge, was inaugurated by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Friday (March 18). The stunning bridge has been built over the Dardanelles strait in northwestern Turkey.

The bridge is the latest in a series of major infrastructure projects that Erdogan has prioritised during his two decades in power, reports WION.

The bridge will reduce travel time between Asia and Europe to six minutes. Until now, vehicles travelling between Anatolia and the Gallipoli peninsula had to cross the Dardanelles in a one-hour ferry journey, which including waiting time amounted to as much as five hours. The journey will now take around six minutes.