Otoyol 32

Otoyol 32 (English: Motorway 3), also known as the İzmir-Çeşme Motorway (Turkish: İzmir-Çeşme Otoyolu), or just as the Çeşme Motorway and abbreviated as the O-32 is a 77.7 km (48.3 mi) long toll motorway located entirely within the İzmir Province in Turkey. The O-32 runs from Balçova, İzmir to the coastal resort town of Çeşme on the Karaburun Peninsula. The motorway connects to the O-30 (İzmir Beltway) in Izmir.

O-32
Otoyol 32
İzmir-Çeşme Otoyolu
Route information
Part of E881
Length	77.7 km (48.3 mi)
Existed	1992–present
Major junctions
East end	M.K. Coastal Blvd. in Balçova, İzmir
	O-30 in Balçova
West end	2122nd St. in Çeşme
Location
Regions	Aegean
Provinces	İzmir
Major cities	İzmir
Highway system
Motorways in Turkey List ← O-31 → O-33

The motorway serves towns situated on the southern shore of the Gulf of İzmir as well as summer houses and resort towns towards its western end. The campus of the İzmir Institute of Technology (İYTE) is located just off the O-32 as well as the İzmir Technology Development Zone[1]

History

Construction of the İzmir-Çeşme Motorway began in December 1989.[2] The first section between Balçova and Urla was opened to traffic on 4 July 1992.[3] The fifth and final section was completed on 24 August 1996.[4]

Exit list

O-32 near Urla

Province	District	km	mi	Exit	Destinations	Notes
İzmir	Balçova	0.0	0.0		Mustafa Kemal Coastal Blvd. – Konak
		0.9	0.56	K1	O-30 (İzmir Bltwy) — Bornova, Menemen
	Narlıdere	6.4	4.0	K2	D.300 — Narlıdere
	Güzelbahçe	18.9	11.7	K3	P.35-39 — Seferihisar
	Urla	19.2	11.9	Şirinkent Toll Plaza
		28.3	17.6	K4	Urla connector — Urla
		37.1	23.1	K5	D.300 to D.505 — Karaburun
		49.5	30.8	K6	D.300 — Zeytinler
	Çeşme	66.4	41.3	K7	Alaçatı connector — Alaçatı	Connector to D.300
		75.2	46.7	Çeşme Toll Plaza
		75.7	47.0	K8	7000th St. — Musalla
		77.7	48.3	K9	2122nd St. — Çeşme
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi       Tolled

See also

• List of highways in Turkey

References

1. İzmir Technology Development Zone Archived 2008-03-16 at the Wayback Machine
2. Tekeli, İlhan (2017). "İzmir-Tarih Projesi Tasarım Stratejisi Raporu" (PDF). İzmir Metropolitan Municipality. p. 31. Retrieved 20 March 2020.
3. "Demirel, bugün Özal'ın dört eserini açıyor". Milliyet. 4 July 1992. p. 5.
4. Bilgen, Çağlayan (25 August 1996). "Otoyola kavunlu eşekli açılış". Milliyet. p. 23.

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