Otoyol 33
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| Northern Aegean Motorway Kuzey Ege Otoyolu | ||||
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Part of  E87 | ||||
| Length | 55.2 km (34.3 mi) | |||
| Existed | 2019–present | |||
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| South end |  O-30 in Çiğli, İzmir | |||
| North end | Bergama | |||
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| Country | Turkey | |||
| Regions | Aegean | |||
| Provinces | İzmir | |||
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Otoyol 33, O-33 or North Aegean Motorway (Turkish: Kuzey Ege Otoyolu) and abbreviated as the O-33 is a 55.2 km (34.3 mi) long toll motorway in western Turkey.Beginning at an intersection with İzmir Beltway, the O-33 runs north from Çiğli to Bergama and parallels the D550 for most of its route.[1]
On 15 February 2017, the tender to construct the motorway was awarded to a consortium of three companies, IC İçdaş, Kalyon, and Astaldi. Like other otoyol projects in Turkey, the tender was awarded under a build-operate-transfer contract until 2027.[2] Groundbreaking for the highway took place on 5 April 2017 in a ceremony attended by Prime Minister Binali Yıldırım and Minister of Transport Ahmet Arslan. The US$408.2 million motorway was opened to traffic on 30 October 2019.[3][4]
The designation O-33 had previously been used for the Bursa Beltway, now designated as a part of the O-5 and O-22.[1]
