Gerze Tunnel
Gerze Tüneli
Overview
LocationGerze, Sinop Province
Coordinates41°47′22″N 35°11′27″E / 41.78944°N 35.19083°E / 41.78944; 35.19083
Gerze Tunnel is located in Turkey
Gerze Tunnel
Gerze Tunnel
Location of Gerze Tunnel in Turkey
StatusOperational
Route D.010
Operation
ConstructedCengiz Construction Company
Opened26 March 2014 (2014-03-26)
OperatorGeneral Directorate of Highways
Trafficautomotive
Technical
Length348 and 348 m (1,142 and 1,142 ft)
No. of lanes2 x 2
Operating speed80 km/h (50 mph)

Gerze Tunnel (Turkish: Gerze Tüneli), is a highway tunnel constructed in Sinop Province, northern Turkey.

Gerze Tunnel is part of the Sinop-Samsun Highway D.010 within the Black Sea Coastal Highway, of which construction was carried out by the Turkish Cengiz Construction Company.[1] The 348 and 348 m (1,142 and 1,142 ft)-long twin-tube tunnel carrying two lanes of traffic in each direction is flanked by 1,680–1,680 m (5,510–5,510 ft)-long Demirciköy Tunnel in the northwest and 1,598–1,530 m (5,243–5,020 ft)-long Yenikent Tunnel in the southeast on the same highway.

The tunnel was opened to traffic on 26 March 2014.[2]

References

  1. ↑ "Cengiz İnşaat - Yakakent - Gerze Yolu" (in Turkish). Retrieved 2016-08-16.
  2. ↑ "Gerze Sinop Yolu Hizmete Açıldı". Boyabat Son Haber (in Turkish). 2014-03-26. Archived from the original on 2016-08-16. Retrieved 2016-08-16.


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