Ilgaz Tunnel
Overview | |
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Location | Kastamonu Province – Çankırı Province |
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Status | Under construction |
Route | D-765 |
Operation | |
Work begun | November 9, 2012 |
Owner | General Directorate of Highways |
Traffic | automotive |
Technical | |
Length | 5,391 m (17,687 ft) |
Highest elevation | 2,236 m (7,336 ft) |
Lowest elevation | 1,919 m (6,296 ft) |
IlgazTunnel (Turkish: Ilgaz Tüneli), is a highway tunnel under construction through Ilgaz Mountains between Kastamonu Province and Çankırı Province in northern Turkey. The 5,391 m (17,687 ft)-long tunnel has twin tubes.[1][2]
The tunnel's lowest elevation is 1,919 m (6,296 ft) and the highest is 2,236 m (7,336 ft). above mean sea level with a 2.13% grade.[2]
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]
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