New Mount Zigana Tunnel
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| Location | Zigana Pass, Torul, Gümüşhane-Maçka, Trabzon, Turkey |
| Coordinates | 40°38′59.9″N 39°23′46.8″E / 40.649972°N 39.396333°ECoordinates: 40°38′59.9″N 39°23′46.8″E / 40.649972°N 39.396333°E |
| Status | Under construction |
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| Operation | |
| Work begun | April 14, 2016 |
| Opened | April 2020 |
| Owner | General Directorate of Highways |
| Traffic | automotive |
| Character | Twin-tube tunnel |
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| Length | 14,481 m (47,510 ft) |
New Mt. Zigana Tunnel
Location of New Mt. Zigana Tunnel in Turkey
New Mount Zigana Tunnel (Turkish: Yeni Zigana Dağı Tüneli) is a road tunnel under construction located on the province border of Gümüşhane and Trabzon as part of the route between Torul, Gümüşhane in the south and Maçka, Trabzon in the north in Black Sea Region, Turkey.
Situated on the Mount Zigana of Pontic Mountains, with its length of 14,481 m (47,510 ft) in twin tubes, it will be the country's longest tunnel.[1]
It was built to bypass the Zigana Pass at 2,032 m (6,667 ft) elevation. It will shorten the route about 8 km (5.0 mi) and reduce the travel time to twenty minutes.[1][2]
References
- 1 2 "Yeni Zigana Tüneli İnşaatı Devam Ediyor". Haberler.com (in Turkish). 2016-08-17. Retrieved 2016-09-25.
- ↑ "Yeni Zigana Tüneli projesi 2020'de tamamlanacak!". insaatgundemi.com (in Turkish). 2016-07-07. Retrieved 2016-09-25.
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