East Thrace
The bridge is the centerpiece of the long 2.8 billion Kınalı-Balıkesir Motorway, which will connect the O-3 and O-7 motorways in East Thrace to the O-5 motorway in Anatolia. With a main span of , the bridge will surpass the Akashi Kaikyō Bridge in Japan by to become the longest suspension bridge in the world.