BRIDGES
There was no bridge over the Golden Horn connecting both sides of Istanbul before the 19th century. Small boats provided transportation between the two shores. The first Galata Bridge, which connects present day Karaköy to Eminonü, was built in 1836, rebuilt in 1845, again in 1912, and lastly in 1993. The Unkapani (Atatürk) Bridge further up the Horn handles the flow of traffic between Beyoglu and Saraçhane. The third one over the Horn is called the Haliç Bridge. There are two big suspension bridges connecting the Asian and European sides of the Bosphorus. The first, the Bosphorus (Bogaziçi) Bridge was built in the 1970s and the second, the Fatih, was built in the 1980s.
