Turkey earns over $124 million in bridge, highway tolls

ANKARA (AA) - Turkey earned over 443 million liras (more than $124 million) in tolls in the first four months of 2017, according to data released Tuesday by the Turkish Highways Directorate.

The July 15 Martyrs' Bridge and the Fatih Sultan Mehmet Bridge, connecting Europe and Asia over the Bosphorus, reaped around 115.5 million liras ($32.3 million), while highway tolls throughout Turkey yielded almost 328 million liras ($91.8 million) from January to April, according to the data.

The figures indicate that more than 124 million vehicles went through the toll booths during that period.

In April, over 33 million vehicles used Turkey’s bridges and highways, paying a total of nearly 120 million Turkish liras ($33.5 million).

Drivers in Turkey pay 7 Turkish liras ($1.96) for the bridge tolls, with higher fees for vehicles with more than two axles.

Last year, 417 million vehicles used the bridges and roads in Turkey, paying a total of 1.2 billion Turkish liras ($320.43 million). The bridge toll at that time was 4.75 Turkish liras ($1.56) per passage.