Otoyol 30

O-30
Izmir Beltway İzmir Çevreyolu
Route information
Part of E87 E881
Length	66.8 km (41.5 mi)
Existed	1993–present
Major junctions
South end	O-32 in Balçova, Izmir
Major intersections	O-31 in Buca O-5, D.300 in Bornova D.550 in Çiğli
North end	D.550 in Koyundere
Location
Country	Turkey
Regions	Aegean
Provinces	Izmir Province
Major cities	Izmir
Highway system
Highways in Turkey Motorways List State Highways List
← O-22 → O-31

Otoyol 30 (English: Motorway 30), also known as the Izmir Beltway (Turkish: İzmir Çevreyolu) and abbreviated as the O-30, is a 60.4 km (37.5 mi) long motorway that runs around the Gulf of Izmir from Balçova to Menemen. The motorway acts as a bypass for through-traffic around the city and connects to three other motorways; O-5, O-31 and O-32. For most of its route, the O-30 runs along the perimeter of Izmir, but enters urbanized areas in Balçova, Bornova, Karşıyaka and Çiğli. The entire motorway has six lanes (three in each direction) and is a part of the E87 and E881.

The first section of the O-30 opened to traffic in 1993 with the most recent section being opened 2015. The O-30 is planned to be extended further north to Çandarlı by 2019. Construction of this section began on 5 April 2017.

History

Construction of the O-30 was started in 1988 in order to relive traffic on the congested D-550, which was the only direct north-south road at the time. Along with relieving inner-city congestion, the O-30 was planned to be a connecting hub for two other motorways under construction at the time. The first section of the motorway was opened to traffic on 12 December 1993, between Karabağlar and Işıkkent. This 18 km (11 mi) long section provided an alternate route around the city from Gaziemir (south Izmir) to Bornova (east Izmir) as well as connecting to the O-31, which opened its first section on the same day. Construction of the O-30 slowed down over the next years, due to financial difficulties. Construction of the southern half of the O-30 progressed faster than construction of the northern half. On 10 July 1997, the O-30 was connected to the D-300, which was the main east-west trunk road and on 15 August 1998, the 2.5 km (1.6 mi) long section between Karabağlar and Uzundere was opened to traffic. In 1999, connection to the Izmir Bus Terminal was opened on the 10 April, followed by the 5 km (3.1 mi) long section between Uzundere and Balçova, which was opened on 30 April. The motorway was finally connected to the O-32 on 6 August 2002, via a 1.5 km (0.93 mi) viaduct through Balçova, thus completing the southern half of the O-30. Due to the slow progression of its northern half, the O-30 was nicknamed the motorway that will never open (Turkish: Açılmaz otoyol) and residents of Izmir started to protest the delay. Construction was sped up in 2006 and in January 2007 the 12.6 km (7.8 mi) section between Bornova and Karşıyaka along with two tunnels was opened. Construction progressed at a steady pace over the next years as the O-30 was extended from Karşıyaka to Çiğli in 2008, Çiğli Air Base in 2011 and to Koyundere (south Menemen) in 2015. The O-30 is expected to open to Menemen in late 2017.

Menemen-Çandarlı extension

On 15 February 2015 the tender to construct the 76 km (47 mi) extension of the O-30 was awarded to a consortium of three companies, IC İçdaş, Kalyon and Astaldi. Like other otoyol projects in Turkey, the tender was awarded under a build-operate-transfer contract until 2027. Groundbreaking for the highway took place on 5 April 2017 in a ceremony attended by Prime Minister Binali Yıldırım and Minister of Transport Ahmet Arslan. The US$408.2 million extension is expected to open in 2019.

Exit list

Province	District	km	mi	Exit	Destinations	Notes
İzmir	Balçova	0.0	0.0	K1	O-32 — Çeşme, Üçkuyular	Trumpet interchange
		1.2	0.75		Fuat Köprülü St.	Northbound entrance, southbound exit
	Karabağlar	4.6	2.9	K2	Kütüphaneci Rasime Şeyhoğlu St.
		6.8	4.2	K3	Eski İzmir Ave.
	Gaziemir	7.9	4.9		İzmir Fairground	Nortbound exit, southbound entrance and exit
		9.4	5.8	K4	D.550 — Aydın, Muğla	Cloverleaf interchange
	Buca	10.7	6.6		677/19 St.	Southbound exit
		16.8	10.4	K5	Doğuş Ave.	Cloverleaf interchange
		18.1	11.2	K6	Dokuz Eylül University	Trumpet interchange
		19.8	12.3	K7	O-31 — Aydın	Toll motorway
	Bornova	26.8	16.7	K8	Aydınlar Ave.
		27.4	17.0		Kemalpaşa Ave.	Northbound exit
		29.4	18.3	K9	O-5 — Ankara, Istanbul, Manisa and Kemalpaşa	Cloverleaf interchange
		30.7	19.1	K10	372nd St.
		31.7	19.7	K11	D.300 — Afyon, Konya, Kayseri, Van / Üniversite Ave. — Ege University
		33	21	K12	Yzb. İbrahim Hakkı Ave.
		35.3	21.9	K13	1620/39th St.
	Bayraklı	36.4	22.6	Bayraklı-1 Tunnel
		38.9	24.2	Bayraklı-2 Tunnel
		39.9	24.8	K14	7375th St.
	Karşıyaka	41.4	25.7	K15	Girne Blvd. — Karşıyaka	Cloverleaf interchange
		43.3	26.9	K16	6718th St. — Yamaçevler
		44.5	27.7	K17	D.550 — Aliağa, Çanakkale	Cloverleaf interchange
	Çiğli	46.1	28.6	K18	Caher Dudayev Blvd. — Mavişehir, Çiğli	Via service road
		48.6	30.2	K19	Mustafa Kemal Atatürk Blvd. — Çiğli O.S.B.	Via service road
		50.4	31.3	K20	Ahmet Priştina Ave. — Sasalı
		62	39	K21	Havaalanı Şosesi Ave. — Çiğli Air Base
	Menemen	65.9	40.9	K22	P.35-82 — Hacıveli
		69.3	43.1	K23	D.550 — Aliağa, Çanakkale	End of motorway, cloverleaf interchange
				K24	D.240 — Manisa, Turgutlu	Expected to open in 2019.
				Menemen Toll Plaza
	Aliağa			K25	P.35-79 — Foça	Expected to open in 2019.
				K26	P.35-79 — Yeni Foça	Expected to open in 2019.
				K27	Güzelhisar Ave. — Aliağa	Expected to open in 2019.
				K28	Aliağa O.S.B.	Expected to open in 2019.
				K29	D.550 — Yenişakran	Expected to open in 2019.
	Dikili			K30	D.550 — Çanakkale	Expected to open in 2019.
					Port of Çandarlı	Expected to open in 2019.
					P.35-79 — Çandarlı	Expected to open in 2019.
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi       Incomplete access        Tolled       Unopened

See also

• List of highways in Turkey