Ilgaz 15 July Independence Tunnel

41°03′51″N 33°44′15″E / 41.06417°N 33.73750°E / 41.06417; 33.73750

Ilgaz Tunnel

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Location of Ilgaz Tunnel in Turkey.

Route

D.765CrossesIlgaz MountainsOperationWork begunNovember 9, 2012 (2012-11-09)OpenedDecember 26, 2016 (2016-12-26)OwnerGeneral Directorate of HighwaysTrafficautomotiveTechnicalLength5,370–5,391 m (17,618–17,687 ft)

Ilgaz 15 July Independence Tunnel, shortly Ilgaz Tunnel, (Turkish: Ilgaz 15 Temmuz İstiklal Tüneli or Ilgaz Tüneli), is a highway tunnel through the Ilgaz Mountains between Kastamonu Province and Çankırı Province in northern Turkey. The tunnel has twin tubes of 5,370 m (17,620 ft) and 5,391 m (17,687 ft) in length. The tunnel was opened to traffic on December 26, 2016.^[1]^[2]^[3]

The construction cost of the tunnel was budgeted to ₺ 572 million (approx. US$200 million as of March 2016).^[2] The foundation stone laying ceremony took place on November 9, 2012. Tunnel boring works were completed on April 3, 2016.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b "Ilgaz Tüneli'nde sona yaklaşılıyor". Hürriyet (in Turkish). 2016-04-03. Retrieved 2016-04-03.
^ ^a ^b "572 milyon TL'lik Ilgaz Tüneli'nde ışık göründü". Hürriyet (in Turkish). 2015-08-13. Retrieved 2016-04-03.
^ "New tunnel linking Central Anatolia and Black Sea opens". Hürriyet Daily News. 2016-12-26. Retrieved 2016-12-29.