Tekkebak Tunnel (Turkish: Tekkebak Tüneli), is a highway tunnel constructed in Ordu Province, northern Turkey.[1]
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Location | Fatsa, Ordu Province |
Coordinates | 40°59′44″N 37°39′05″E / 40.99556°N 37.65139°E
Location of Tekkebak Tunnel in Turkey |
Status | Operational |
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Operation | |
Work begun | 1997 |
Constructed | Nurol-Tekfen-Yüksel joint venture |
Opened | 7 April 2007 |
Operator | General Directorate of Highways |
Traffic | automotive |
Technical | |
Length | 170 and 135 m (558 and 443 ft) |
No. of lanes | 2 x 2 |
Operating speed | 80 km/h (50 mph) |
Tekkebak Tunnel is part of the Samsun-Ordu Highway D.010
E70 within the Black Sea Coastal Highway, of which construction was carried out by the Turkish Nurol-Tekfen-Yüksel joint venture.[1] The 170 and 135 m (558 and 443 ft)-long twin-tube tunnel carrying two lanes of traffic in each direction is flanked by 261–257 m (856–843 ft)-long Kozbükü Tunnel in the west and 3,805–3,825 m (12,484–12,549 ft)-long Ordu Nefise Akçelik Tunnel (named in honour of the late female engineer Nefise Akçelik) in the east on the same highway.[2]
The tunnel was opened to traffic on 7 April 2007 by Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan.[2] Dangerous goods carriers are not permitted to use the tunnel.[3]
References
edit- ^ a b "Ordu - Nefise Akçelik Tüneli'nde dünya standartlarında teknoloji ve güvenlik" (in Turkish). Siemens. Archived from the original on 2011-07-27. Retrieved 2016-08-15.
- ^ a b Küçükoğlu, Erol (2007-04-06). "Fındıkçı tepkisine karşı Erdoğan'a dev koruma". Hürriyet (in Turkish). Retrieved 2016-08-15.
- ^ "Tehlikeli Maddelerin Taşınmasına İzin Verilmeyen Otoyol Tünelleri" (PDF) (in Turkish). Karayolları Genel Müdürlüğü. Retrieved 2016-08-15.
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