The Selçukgazi Tunnel (Turkish: Selçukgazi Tüneli) is a motorway tunnel located at Dürdane Hill in Marmara Region as part of the Istanbul-Bursa Motorway 
O-5 in Turkey.[1]
| Overview | |
|---|---|
| Location | Selçukgazi, Osmangazi, Bursa Province |
| Coordinates | 40°19′25″N 29°06′26″E / 40.32361°N 29.10722°E |
| Status | Operational |
| Route | O-5 |
| Operation | |
| Work begun | July 2013 |
| Constructed | Otoyol A.Ş. |
| Opened | March 12, 2017 |
| Owner | General Directorate of Highways |
| Traffic | automotive |
| Character | Twin-tube motorway tunnel |
| Technical | |
| Length | 1,192 and 1,303 m (3,911 and 4,275 ft) |
| No. of lanes | 2 x 3 |
Situated near Selçukgazi village in Osmangazi district between Gemlik and Bursa, it is a twin-tube tunnel of 1,192 and 1,303 m (3,911 and 4,275 ft).[2][3] The construction is carried out by Otoyol A.Ş., a consortium of Turkish Nurol, Özaltın, Makyol, Yüksel, Göçay and Italian Astaldi companies. Works at the tunnel began in July 2013,[1] and are continuing.[4] In March 2014, it was announced that the preparatory works are completed and tunneling will start soon.[5]
The tunnel was opened to traffic on March 12, 2017 by Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yıldırım.[6]
Other tunnels on the route are the 3,586 and 3,591 m (11,765 and 11,781 ft)-long Orhangazi Tunnel and the 1,556 and 1,653 m (5,105 and 5,423 ft)-long Belkahve Tunnel.
See also
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- ^ "İkinci tünel inşaatı başlıyor". Bugün (in Turkish). 2013-07-05. Retrieved 2014-04-17.
- ^ "Gebze-Orhangazi-İzmir otoyolu projesinde son durum". Sabah (in Turkish). 2014-03-03. Retrieved 2014-04-17.
- ^ "Körfez yolu yarıladı". Yeni Şafak (in Turkish). 2014-03-01. Retrieved 2014-04-17.
- ^ "Başbakan Erdoğan'dan önemli açıklamalar". Hürriyet (in Turkish). 2014-03-15. Retrieved 2014-04-17.
- ^ "Başbakan Binali Yıldırım Gemlik-Bursa otoyolundan makam aracı ile geçti". Haberturk (in Turkish). 2017-03-12. Retrieved 2017-04-22.
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