Otoyol 30

Otoyol 30 (English: Motorway 30), also known as the İzmir Beltway (Turkish: İzmir Çevreyolu) and abbreviated as the O-30, is a 60.2 km (37.4 mi) long motorway that runs around the Gulf of İzmir from Balçova to Menemen.^[1] The motorway acts as a bypass for through-traffic around the city and connects to four other motorways; O-5, O-31, O-32 and O-33. For most of its route, the O-30 runs along the perimeter of İzmir, 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.

O-30
İzmir Beltway İzmir Çevreyolu
Route information
Part of E87 E881
Length	60.2 km (37.4 mi)
Existed	1993–present
Major junctions
South end	O-32 in Balçova, İzmir
Major intersections	D.550 in Gaziemir O-31 in Buca O-5, D.300 in Bornova D.550 in Çiğli D.550 in Menemen
North end	O-33 in Menemen, İzmir
Location
Country	Turkey
Regions	Aegean
Provinces	İzmir Province
Major cities	İzmir
Highway system
Highways in Turkey Motorways List State Highways List
← O-22 → O-31

The first section of the O-30 opened to traffic in 1993 with the most recent section opened in 2008.

History

Construction of the O-30 was started in 1988 in order to relieve 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.^[2] This 18 km (11 mi) long section provided an alternate route around the city from Gaziemir (south İzmir) to Bornova (east İzmir) 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 İzmir 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.^[2] 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 İzmir started to protest the delay.^[3] 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 on 15 June 2008.

Exit list

O-30 in Buca

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	Northbound exit, southbound entrance and exit
		9.4	5.8	K4	D.550 — Aydın, Muğla	Cloverleaf interchange
	Buca	10.7	6.6	K4-1	677/19 St.
		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.	Via service road
		50.4	31.3	K20	Ahmet Priştina Ave. — Sasalı
		52.9	32.9	K21	Askeri Havaalanı Cd. — İzmir Kâtip Çelebi University
	Menemen	56.8	35.3	K22	Karaağaç Yolu	Cloverleaf Interchange
		60.2	37.4	K23	D.550 — Aliağa, Çanakkale O-33 — Aliağa, Çanakkale	Cloverleaf Interchange, Highway continues as O-33
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi       Incomplete access        Tolled       Unopened

See also

• List of highways in Turkey

References

1. "Otoyollar İzmir-Bursa 2022".
2. İzmir-Aydın ve İzmir Çevre Yolu İnşaatı, Abdullah Bizden, p. 26
3. İzmir Beltway is expanding further