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Teledyne FLIR says that it has recently installed its weatherproof dual thermal AID camera technology for use on the new 1915 Canakkale Bridge in Turkey. The bridge crosses the Canakkale Strait that connects the Sea of Marmara and the Aegean Sea in western Turkey. It was constructed in a joint venture between DL E&C (formerly Daelim), Limak, SK Ecoplant and Yapi Merkezi. Teledyne FLIR's incident detection cameras now cover the entire length of the six-lane 4.6km bridge, the longest mid-span suspension bridge in the world and part of the Malkara-Canakkale Motorway. The bridge's operators need to see clearly in all weather conditions, from fog to heavy rain. Another challenge is sun glare which can distort images generated by a visual camera-based automatic incident detection system. Thermal cameras have no issues with fog, bad weather or sun glare since they detect traffic based on heat and not light. "Winters can be hard in Canakkale and Malkara, with snow, fog and heavy wind," said Emrah Ilteray, chairman of Elmak-YMIdis, the joint venture responsible for the ITS part of the project. "The 1915 Qanakkale Bridge is a high-profile project with international impact. That is why we did not compromise on the quality of our incident detection technology. FLIR's Dual AID camera ticks all the boxes in terms of detection performance and accuracy." |