The Çakıt Tunnel (Turkish: Çakıt Tüneli), is a motorway tunnel constructed on the Ankara–Tarsus motorway 
O-21 
E90 in Adana Province, southern Turkey.
| Overview | |
|---|---|
| Location | Pozantı, Adana, Turkey |
| Coordinates | 37°29′42″N 34°49′55″E / 37.49500°N 34.83194°E
  Çakıt Tunnel Location of Çakıt Tunnel in Turkey |
| Status | Operational |
| Route | O-21 E90 |
| Operation | |
| Opened | March 12, 2009 |
| Operator | General Directorate of Highways |
| Traffic | automotive |
| Technical | |
| Length | 497 and 359 m (1,631 and 1,178 ft) |
| No. of lanes | 2 x 3 |
| Operating speed | 80 km/h (50 mph) |
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]
See also
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edit- ^ "Tehlikeli Maddelerin Taşınmasına İzin Verilmeyen Otoyol Tünelleri" (PDF) (in Turkish). Karayolları Genel Müdürlüğü. Retrieved 2016-08-14.
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