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Coordinates: 40°33′57″N 29°21′19″E / 40.56583°N 29.35528°E / 40.56583; 29.35528
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Revision as of 13:17, 17 April 2014

Samanlı Tunnel
Samanlı Tüneli
Overview
LocationOrhangazi, Bursa Province - Yalova Province
Coordinates40°33′57″N 29°21′19″E / 40.56583°N 29.35528°E / 40.56583; 29.35528
StatusUnder construction
Route O-33
Operation
Work begunFebruary 15, 2012
ConstructedOtoyol A.Ş.
OwnerGeneral Directorate of Highways
Trafficautomotive
CharacterTwin-tube road tunnel
Technical
Length3,417 m (11,211 ft)
No. of lanes2 x 3

Lua error in Module:Location_map at line 391: A hemisphere can only be provided with DMS degrees for longitude. The Samanlı Tunnel (Template:Lang-tr), aka Orhangazi Samanlı Tunnel, is a highway tunnel under construction located at Samanlı Mountains in Marmara Region as part of the Gebze-Orhangazi-İzmir Motorway O-33 in Turkey.[1]

Situated northeast of Orhangazi town between Laladere and Yeniköy villages on the province border of Yalova and Bursa,[2] it is a twin-tube tunnel of length 3,417 m (11,211 ft) carrying three lanes of traffic in each direction. The construction works began on February 15, 2012,[2] and are being carried out by Otoyol A.Ş., a consortium of Turkish Nurol, Özaltın, Makyol, Yüksel, Göçay and Italian Astaldi companies.[3] The New Austrian Tunnelling method (NATM) was applied for the boring of the tunnel.[4][5]

Breakthrough in one of the tubes was achieved on February 19, 2014 after two years and four days of work. A related ceremony was held at site in presence of Deputy Prime Minister Bülent Arınç and Minister of Transport, Maritime and Communication Lütfi Elvan on March 3, 2014.[5] When completed, it will the longest road tunnel of Turkey.[1][3][6] The tunnel's opening to traffic is planned to take place by May 2015.[2]

Other tunnels on the route are the 1,234 m (4,049 ft)-long Selçukgazi Tunnel and the 1,747 m (5,732 ft)-long Belkahve Tunnel, which are under construction.[7]

References

  1. ^ a b "Türkiye'nin en uzun tüneli yarın açılacak". Sabah (in Turkish). 2014-03-02. Retrieved 2014-04-17.
  2. ^ a b c Alatürk, Ensar Tuna (2013-07-03). "Bu tünel İstanbul-İzmir arasını 3 saate düşürecek". Zaman (in Turkish). Retrieved 2014-04-17.
  3. ^ a b "Türkiye'nin en uzun tünelinde son durum". Ajans Orhangazi (in Turkish). Retrieved 2014-04-17.
  4. ^ "Samanlı Tüneli / Samanlı Tunnel Km: 30+700 – 34+350". Otoyol A.Ş. Retrieved 2014-04-17.
  5. ^ a b "Samanlı Tüneli Sağ Tüp Kazısı Tamamlandı" (in Turkish). Otoyol A.Ş. 2014-03-03. Retrieved 2014-04-17.
  6. ^ "Türkiye'nin en uzun tüneli açılıyor". Habertürk (in Turkish). 2014-03-02. Retrieved 2014-04-17.
  7. ^ "Gebze-Orhangazi-İzmir otoyolu projesinde son durum". Sabah (in Turkish). 2014-03-03. Retrieved 2014-04-17.