By the spring of 2006, two new three-lane bridges will be completed that will replace the 1940's bridge, which had two lanes in each direction.
By the time Secretary Powell arrives in Tashkent, the engineering survey of the bridge will be complete, according to Pentagon officials who say the bridge appears sound.
The water will flow under a series of bridges that will be completed over the Tamiami Trail.
The project will be completed, however, and neither the Istanbul Metropolitan Plan of 2009 nor the city's current Transportation Master Plan mentions any new bridge.
Both will be completed next year.
The road will be completed by early summer and the ferry will begin operating by the end of the summer, he said, adding that the state was simultaneously expanding three bridges within a quarter of a mile from the waterfront.
Phase 3 will be completed in 2018.
Prototypes will be completed.
The turn will be completed.
Set to be completed next year, the $114 million bridge will be supported by the longest concrete arch in the country.
