Çakıt Tunnel

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Çakıt Tunnel
Çakıt Tüneli
Overview
Location Pozantı, Adana, Turkey
Coordinates 37°29′42″N34°49′55″E / 37.49500°N 34.83194°E / 37.49500; 34.83194 Coordinates: 37°29′42″N34°49′55″E / 37.49500°N 34.83194°E / 37.49500; 34.83194
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Çakıt Tunnel
Location of Çakıt Tunnel in Turkey
StatusOperational
RouteO21-TR sign.svg O-21 Tabliczka E90.svg E 90
Operation
Opened12 March 2009;12 years ago (2009-03-12)
Operator General Directorate of Highways
Trafficautomotive
Technical
Length497 and 359 m (1,631 and 1,178 ft)
No. of lanes 2 x 3
Operating speed80 km/h (50 mph)

The Çakıt Tunnel (Turkish : Çakıt Tüneli), is a motorway tunnel constructed on the AnkaraTarsus motorway O21-TR sign.svg O-21 Tabliczka E90.svg E 90 in Adana Province, southern Turkey.

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It is situated on the Taurus Mountains near Ömerli village of Pozantı, Adana. The 497 and 359 m (1,631 and 1,178 ft)-long twin-tube tunnel carrying three lanes of traffic in each direction is flanked by 534–526 m (1,752–1,726 ft)-long Kırkgeçit-7 Tunnel in the north and 200–200 m (660–660 ft)-long Gülek Tunnel in the south on the same motorway. Dangerous goods carriers are not permitted to use the tunnel. [1]

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References

  1. "Tehlikeli Maddelerin Taşınmasına İzin Verilmeyen Otoyol Tünelleri" (PDF) (in Turkish). Karayolları Genel Müdürlüğü. Retrieved 2016-08-14.