Yenikent Tunnel

Yenikent Tunnel
Yenikent Tüneli
Overview
Location Gerze, Sinop Province
Coordinates

41°44′14″N 35°15′28″E / 41.73722°N 35.25778°E / 41.73722; 35.25778Coordinates: 41°44′14″N 35°15′28″E / 41.73722°N 35.25778°E / 41.73722; 35.25778

Yenikent Tunnel
Location of Yenikent Tunnel in Turkey
Status Operational
Route D-010
Operation
Constructed Cengiz Construction Company
Opened December 14, 2012 (2012-12-14)
Operator General Directorate of Highways
Traffic automotive
Technical
Length 1,598 and 1,530 m (5,243 and 5,020 ft)
Number of lanes 2 x 2
Operating speed 80 km/h (50 mph)

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

Yenikent 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 1,598 and 1,530 m (5,243 and 5,020 ft)-long twin-tube tunnel carrying two lanes of traffic in each direction. The Gerze Tunnel follows the Yenikent Tunnel in direction Sinop.

The tunnel was opened to traffic on December 14, 2012 by Turkish Minister of Transport, Maritime and Communication Binali Yıldırım.[2]

References

  1. "Cengiz İnşaat - Yakakent - Gerze Yolu" (in Turkish). Retrieved 2016-08-16.
  2. "Sahil Yolu Açıldı.". Gerze Gündem Haber (in Turkish). 2012-12-14. Retrieved 2016-08-16.


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