ISTANBUL -- Turkey is aiming to build the world's longest suspension bridge and Japan's IHI wants to help. Spanning the Dardanelles, the Canakkale Suspension Bridge, as it will be called, will form part of a highway connecting Istanbul with Izmir, the country's third-most populous city.
The project is a product of the government's drive to develop a transportation network between major cities. Major heavy machinery maker IHI has expressed strong interest in the project, which could offer profit opportunities for a wide range of Japanese infrastructure companies.
