According to the news of Hürriyet Daily News, Turkey earned over 189.5 million liras (some $32 million) in tolls in January.

The July 15 Martyrs’ Bridge and the Fatih Sultan Mehmet Bridge in Istanbul, connecting Europe and Asia over the Bosphorus, yielded over 39 million Turkish liras ($6.6 million) last month, according to the General Directorate of Highways.

The highway tolls throughout Turkey earned 150 million Turkish liras ($25.4 million) in January, the data showed.

The figures indicate that more than 35 million vehicles went through the toll booths during the same period.

Drivers in Turkey pay 10.50 Turkish liras ($1.8) for bridge tolls, with higher fees for vehicles with more than two axles.

Last year, nearly 343 million vehicles used bridges and roads in Turkey, paying a total of 1.4 billion liras (some $255 million).

Turkey’s mega-structures including the newly built Yavuz Sultan Selim Bridge spanning over the Bosphorus, the Avrasya (Eurasia) Tunnel under the Marmara Sea and the Osmangazi Bridge connecting the two sides of the İzmit Bay are being operated by private contractors.

Source: Hürriyet Daily News / link: https://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/turkey-earns-some-32-mln-in-public-bridge-highway-tolls-in-january-152458
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Grief in Italy for the 39 victims of a collapsed motorway bridge in Genoa has been mixed with anger that such a vital structure could have simply given way.

Rescuers have little hope of finding more survivors underneath the Morandi bridge, where almost 40 vehicles fell 45m (148ft) in Tuesday’s collapse.

The cause is not yet known but there have been calls for the heads of the company operating the bridge to resign.

Survivors have also been recalling the horror of the bridge’s collapse.

The city’s authorities have declared two days of mourning.

There are 16 people being treated in hospital, 12 of them in a serious condition.

Some 440 people were evacuated from the area. Residents of council housing blocks under one pillar were ready to move back but were then told it was cracking and their homes were at risk.

The Morandi bridge, built in the 1960s, stands on the A10 toll motorway, an important conduit for goods traffic from local ports, which also serves the Italian Riviera and southeast coast of France.

Source: BBC
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