The tunnels are located on the Ankara-Tarsus motorway O-21E90 between Kemerhisar and Pozantı connecting the Central Anatolia Region with the Mediterranean Region. Five of the tunnels in the north are in Niğde Province while the remaining two are situated in Adana Province. All the seven tunnels are twin bores and carry three lanes of traffic in each direction. 16 viaducts named Kırkgeçit Viaducts connect the tunnels in series. Dangerous goods carriers are not permitted to use the tunnels.[1] The Çakıt Tunnel follows the Kırkgeçit-7 Tunnel in direction Pozantı.
The tunnels were constructed as part of the motorway O-21 and were opened to traffic on March 12, 2009. The tunnels allow the travel time of the passage through the mountainous terrain drop from one-and-half hours before to 20 minutes. A saving of ₺110 million annually is calculated for the national economy. The tunnels enable a through-traffic on motorways from the Bulgarian border Kapıkule to the border crossings to Syria and Iraq.[2]
kırkgeçit, tunnels, turkish, kırkgeçit, tünelleri, literally, forty, passes, tunnels, series, seven, motorway, tunnels, crossing, taurus, mountains, province, border, niğde, adana, turkey, kırkgeçit, tünellerikırkgeçit, tunnel, motorway, overviewlocationkemerh. Kirkgecit Tunnels Turkish Kirkgecit Tunelleri literally Forty Passes tunnels are a series of seven motorway tunnels crossing the Taurus Mountains on the province border of Nigde and Adana Turkey Kirkgecit TunnelsKirkgecit TunelleriKirkgecit 6 Tunnel in on the Motorway O 21 OverviewLocationKemerhisar Nigde Pozanti AdanaCoordinates37 34 58 N 34 45 00 E 37 58278 N 34 75000 E 37 58278 34 75000 Kirkgecit Tunnelsclass notpageimage Location of Kirkgecit Tunnels in Turkey RouteO 21 E90OperationOpenedMarch 12 2009 15 years ago 2009 03 12 OperatorGeneral Directorate of HighwaysTrafficautomotiveTechnicalNo of lanes2 x 3Operating speed80 km h 50 mph The tunnels are located on the Ankara Tarsus motorway O 21 E90 between Kemerhisar and Pozanti connecting the Central Anatolia Region with the Mediterranean Region Five of the tunnels in the north are in Nigde Province while the remaining two are situated in Adana Province All the seven tunnels are twin bores and carry three lanes of traffic in each direction 16 viaducts named Kirkgecit Viaducts connect the tunnels in series Dangerous goods carriers are not permitted to use the tunnels 1 The Cakit Tunnel follows the Kirkgecit 7 Tunnel in direction Pozanti The tunnels were constructed as part of the motorway O 21 and were opened to traffic on March 12 2009 The tunnels allow the travel time of the passage through the mountainous terrain drop from one and half hours before to 20 minutes A saving of 110 million annually is calculated for the national economy The tunnels enable a through traffic on motorways from the Bulgarian border Kapikule to the border crossings to Syria and Iraq 2 Tunnel Motorway Length bore 1 bore 2 Province Kirkgecit 1 O 21 E90 941 958 m 3 087 3 143 ft Nigde Kirkgecit 2 584 548 m 1 916 1 798 ft Kirkgecit 3 255 286 m 837 938 ft Kirkgecit 4 630 439 m 2 067 1 440 ft Kirkgecit 5 651 652 m 2 136 2 139 ft Kirkgecit 6 855 816 m 2 805 2 677 ft Adana Kirkgecit 7 534 526 m 1 752 1 726 ft See also editList of motorway tunnels in Turkey Cakit TunnelReferences edit Tehlikeli Maddelerin Tasinmasina Izin Verilmeyen Otoyol Tunelleri PDF in Turkish Karayollari Genel Mudurlugu Retrieved 2016 08 14 Kaya Cilem 2009 03 12 Toroslar dan gecis 20 dakikaya iniyor Hurriyet in Turkish Retrieved 2014 09 06 External links edit nbsp Wikimedia Commons has media related to Kirkgecit Tunnels nbsp This article about transport in Turkey is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte nbsp This tunnel related article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Kirkgecit Tunnels amp oldid 947800040, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
