Photo from WikipediaWhile poking around on the del.icio.us front page I came across this list of 18 Stunning Bridges from Around the World. Of course Istanbul's Bosphorus Bridge was on the list, one of two bridges in the city that connect the European and Asian continents.
The entry also offers the following interesting trivia for tennis fans:
In 2005, American tennis star Venus Williams played a five-minute tennis match on the bridge with Turkish player Ipek Senoglu, the first tennis match ever to be played across two continents.
Yes, the constant reference Istanbul as a metaphorical "bridge between the two continents" and the Bosphorus Bridge as physical manifestation of this connection is a bit overdone, but it is a beautiful bridge. My only complaint would be the incredibly obnoxious fashion in which the bridge flashes with multi-colored disco lights in the evening. In terms of nighttime lighting for such monumental measurements of human progress, I say let's go with less instead of more.
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