Otoyol 3
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| Otoyol 3 | |
| Europe Motorway Avrupa Otoyolu |
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| Length: | 232 km (144 mi) |
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| From: | Edirne West |
| To: | Mahmutbey East, Istanbul |
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| Regions: | Marmara |
| Provinces: | Edirne, Kırklareli, Tekirdağ, Istanbul |
| Major cities: | Edirne, Istanbul |
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Otoyol 3 (English: Motorway 3), abbreviated as 
, a.k.a. 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 and Asian . O-3 is one of the busiest motorways in Turkey alongside O-4.
The motorway starts at Edirne West, where it joins the 
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 
and 
. The 240 km (150 mi) long motorway passes through the provinces Edirne, Kırklareli, Tekirdağ and Istanbul.
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