SKF plain bearings used in world’s longest suspension bridge
SKF performed extensive testing and qualification to show that its plain bearings were suitable for use on the 4 km-wide bridge in TurkeyGothenburg, Sweden, March 21 2022: Bearings from SKF are playing a key role in a record-breaking engineering project – the world’s longest suspension bridge, which recently opened in Turkey. The 1915 Çanakkale Bridge spans a distance of more than 4 km across the Dardanelles strait in the north-west of the country. It forms part of a larger road construction project worth more than €3 billion. “We’re excited to be part of this extraordinary endeavour,”