Yunus Emre Tunnel

Highway tunnel in northern Turkey

41°06′59″N 37°14′18″E / 41.11639°N 37.23833°E / 41.11639; 37.23833

Yunus Emre Tunnel

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Location of Yunus Emre Tunnel in Turkey

StatusOperationalRoute

D.010

E70OperationWork begun2007ConstructedS.T.Y. Construction CompanyOpenedDecember 21, 2013; 10 years ago (2013-12-21)OperatorGeneral Directorate of HighwaysTrafficautomotiveTechnicalLength1,996 and 1,980 m (6,549 and 6,496 ft)No. of lanes2 x 2Operating speed80 km/h (50 mph)

Yunus Emre Tunnel (Turkish: Yunus Emre Tüneli), is a highway tunnel constructed in Ordu Province, northern Turkey.^[1]

Yunus Emre 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 S.T.Y. Construction Company.^[1] The 1,996 and 1,980 m (6,549 and 6,496 ft)-long twin-tube tunnel carrying two lanes of traffic in each direction.^[2] The Bayramca Tunnel follows the Yunus Emre Tunnel in direction Ordu.

The tunnel was opened to traffic on December 21, 2013, by Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan.^[2]

References

^ ^a ^b "S.T.Y. Construction - Tamamlanan Projeler" (in Turkish). S.T.Y. Construction. Retrieved 2016-08-15.
^ ^a ^b "Ünye Çevre Yolu hizmet vermeye başladı!". Konuttimes (in Turkish). 2013-12-24. Retrieved 2016-08-15.