Kızlaç Tunnel

Kızlaç Tunnel
Kızlaç Tüneli
Overview
Location Kızlaç, Bahçe, Osmaniye, Turkey
Coordinates

37°10′13″N 36°38′15″E / 37.17028°N 36.63750°E / 37.17028; 36.63750Coordinates: 37°10′13″N 36°38′15″E / 37.17028°N 36.63750°E / 37.17028; 36.63750

Kızlaç Tunnel
Location of Kızlaç Tunnel in Turkey
Status Operational
Route
Operation
Constructed Tekfen
Opened 1999 (1999)
Operator General Directorate of Highways
Traffic automotive
Technical
Length 2,851 and 2,819 m (9,354 and 9,249 ft)
Number of lanes 2 x 3
Operating speed 80 km/h (50 mph)

The Kızlaç Tunnel (Turkish: Kızlaç Tüneli), is a motorway tunnel constructed on the Adana–Şanlıurfa motorway in Osmaniye Province, southern Turkey.

It is situated on the Taurus Mountains near Kızlaç village of Bahçe, Osmaniye. The 2,851 and 2,819 m (9,354 and 9,249 ft)-long twin-tube tunnel carrying three lanes of traffic in each direction is flanked by 596–596 m (1,955–1,955 ft)-long Ayran Tunnel in the west and 1,230–1,225 m (4,035–4,019 ft)-long Aslanlı Tunnel in the east on the same motorway.[1] Dangerous goods carriers are not permitted to use the tunnel.[2]

The tunnel was constructed by Tekfen in New Austrian Tunnelling method (NATM).[1][3]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "Otoyol Projeleri-Türkiye - Tarsus - Adana - Gaziantep (TAG) Otoyolu" (in Turkish). Tekfen İnşaat. Retrieved 2016-08-14.
  2. ↑ "Tehlikeli Maddelerin Taşınmasına İzin Verilmeyen Otoyol Tünelleri" (PDF) (in Turkish). Karayolları Genel Müdürlüğü. Retrieved 2016-08-14.
  3. ↑ Kılıç, A. (2001). "Adana-Gaziantep Otoyolu Kızlaç Tünellerinde Kazı ve Tahkimat Uygulamaları" (PDF) (in Turkish). Türkiye 17. Uluslararası Madencilik Kongresi ve Sergisi. ISBN 975-395-416-6. Retrieved 2014-04-23.

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