Otoyol 3

O-3
Otoyol 3
Europe Motorway Avrupa Otoyolu
Route information
Length:	232 km (144 mi)
Major junctions
From:	Edirne West
To:	Mahmutbey East, Istanbul
Location
Regions:	Marmara
Provinces:	Edirne, Kırklareli, Tekirdağ, Istanbul
Major cities:	Edirne, Istanbul
Highway system
Highways in Turkey Motorways • State roads

Otoyol 3 (English: Motorway 3), abbreviated as O-3, aka Avrupa Otoyolu (English: Europe Motorway), is a toll motorway in Marmara Region's Eastern Thrace section in Turkey, connecting the cities Edirne and Istanbul. From its western terminus to the junction with O-2, it is part of international routes as of European E80 and Asian Highway AH1.

The motorway starts at Edirne West, where it joins the D.100 coming from the checkpoint Kapıkule at Bulgarian border, Turkey's gateway to Europe. It runs south-eastwards bypassing the city in the north and terminates in Istanbul, linking to the two beltways of Istanbul O-1 and O-2. The 240 km (150 mi) long motorway passes through the provinces Edirne, Kırklareli, Tekirdağ and Istanbul.

Between Edirne-Silvri is continuously 6 lanes (3 by 2). Silivri-Istanbul part is also 6 lanes but there are some sections where it is 4 lanes (2 by 2).

Province	km		Exit No.	Destinations	Notes
Edirne	0	0	K1	Edirne West	Eastbound only Continues westbound as D.100
	11.5	11.5	K2	Lalapaşa	D.535
	4.3	15.8	K3	Edirne East	To D-100 Last exit before toll plaza
				Toll plaza
			,	Parking Area
	19.9	35.7	K4	Havsa	22-27 (E87)
Kirklareli				Babaeski Service Area
	27.2	62.9	K5	D.555 (E87) – Babaeski
				Parking Area
	24.4	87.3	K6	Lüleburgaz	To D.565
				Parking Area
Tekirdag	28.8	116.1	K7	Saray	59-01
				Çorlu Service Area
	20.9	136.9	K8	Çorlu	59-04
				Parking Area
Istanbul	18.5	155.4	K9	Çerkezköy	D.567
	12.3	167.7	K10	Kınalı 1	E84
	7.2	174.9	K11	Silivri 1
				Selimpaşa Service Area
	11.8	186.7	K12	Selimpaşa
	7.5	194.2	K13	Kumburgaz 1
	6.0	200.2	K14	Çatalca	D.569
				Karasu Viaduct
				Lake Büyükçekmece Bridge
	12.1	212.3	K15	Hadımköy	34-84
	6.0	218.3	K16	Avcılar
	2.5	220.8	K17	Ispartakule
				Parking Area
				Toll Plaza Mahmutbey West
	8.9	229.7	K18	Mahmutbey West	34-25
	2.7	232.4	K19	Mahmutbey East	O-2 (E80, AH1 AH1)

See also

• List of highways in Turkey

References

• Turkish General Directorate of Highways. Turkey road map. 2009.