Nationwide Reach through Divided Roads
Total roads and motorways in Turkey reached nearly 66,4k km as
of 2016 with the impact of the focus on divided road investments
within the last decade. Increase in total roads and highways stayed
limited due to priority of transformation of the existing roads
into divided roads.
Total divided roads increased from 7,2k km in 2003 to 23k km in
2015 which increased the divided roads ratio in state roads to 61%
in 2015 from 16% in 2003. Total divided roads are further targeted
to reach 36,5k km by 2023, including motorways. The divided road
investments of the Government is expected to exceed USD 10 bn until
2023.
Turkey plans to invest in c. 5,8k km new motorways until 2023
with BOT model and reach 7,9k km motorways in total including the
Dardanelles Bridge, which will be tendered in January 2017 and the
Istanbul Big Tunnel Project. The estimated total investment size
for new motorway projects is exceeding USD 70 bn, which in
