150km of future-oriented road construction An exceptional road construction project is currently under way in Turkey. The new O–33 motorway linking the metropolitan area of Istanbul with Izmir on the Aegean coast is being constructed in a move to expand the country’s infrastructure. In addition to 384km of motorway, approach roads with a total length of 43km are part of the project. The Turkish contractor Enerji Insaat Taahhüt Ticaret ve Sanayi A.S., abbreviated as ENI, won the contract for 150km of motorway construction. First of all, the paving teams tackled a 26km stretch of the O–33, a task which saw the machines from VÖGELE and HAMM sprinting through a truly prodigious programme. The asphalt pavement is made up of three layers. A 12cm base course was placed first, followed by a binder

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