Kiliseburnu Tunnel

40°59′54″N 38°47′45″E / 40.99833°N 38.79583°E / 40.99833; 38.79583

Kiliseburnu Tunnel

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Location of Kiliseburnu Tunnel in Turkey

StatusOperationalRoute

D.010

E70OperationWork begun2004ConstructedProjima Tunnel Construction CompanyOpenedApril 7, 2007; 17 years ago (2007-04-07)OperatorGeneral Directorate of HighwaysTrafficautomotiveTechnicalLength200 and 195 m (656 and 640 ft)No. of lanes2 x 2Operating speed80 km/h (50 mph)

Kiliseburnu Tunnel (Turkish: Kiliseburnu Tüneli), is a highway tunnel constructed in Giresun Province, northern Turkey.^[1]

Kiliseburnu Tunnel is part of the Giresun-Trabzon Highway D.010 E70 within the Black Sea Coastal Highway, of which construction was carried out by the Turkish Projima Tunnel Construction Company.^[1] The 200 and 195 m (656 and 640 ft)-long twin-tube tunnel carrying two lanes of traffic in each direction is flanked by 367–367 m (1,204–1,204 ft)-long Arıdurak Tunnel in the west and 2,175–2,151 m (7,136–7,057 ft)-long Tirebolu-1 Tunnel in the east on the same highway.

The tunnel was opened to traffic on April 7, 2007 by Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan.^[2]

References

^ ^a ^b "Projima Tünel - Tamamlanan Projeler" (in Turkish). Retrieved 2016-08-17.
^ "19 Yıllık Hayal Karadeniz Sahil Yolu Açılıyor". Haberler.com (in Turkish). 2007-04-07. Retrieved 2016-08-17.