Ayran Tunnel

Ayran Tunnel
Ayran Tüneli
Overview
Location Arıcaklı, Bahçe, Osmaniye, Turkey
Coordinates

37°11′01″N 36°36′55″E / 37.18361°N 36.61528°E / 37.18361; 36.61528Coordinates: 37°11′01″N 36°36′55″E / 37.18361°N 36.61528°E / 37.18361; 36.61528

Ayran Tunnel
Location of Ayran Tunnel in Turkey
Status Operational
Route
Operation
Constructed Tekfen
Opened 1999 (1999)
Operator General Directorate of Highways
Traffic automotive
Technical
Length 560 and 596 m (1,837 and 1,955 ft)
Number of lanes 2 x 3
Operating speed 80 km/h (50 mph)

The Ayran Tunnel (Turkish: Ayran Tüneli), is a motorway tunnel constructed on the Adana–Şanlıurfa motorway in Osmaniye Province, southern Turkey.

It is situated on the Taurus Mountains near Arıcaklı village of Bahçe, Osmaniye. The 560 and 596 m (1,837 and 1,955 ft)-long twin-tube tunnel carrying three lanes of traffic in each direction is flanked by 376–376 m (1,234–1,234 ft)-long Taşoluk Tunnel in the west and 2,851–2,819 m (9,354–9,249 ft)-long Kızlaç Tunnel in the east on the same motorway.[1] Dangerous goods carriers are not permitted to use the tunnel.[2]

The tunnel was constructed by Tekfen in New Austrian Tunnelling method (NATM).[1]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "Otoyol Projeleri-Türkiye - Tarsus - Adana - Gaziantep (TAG) Otoyolu" (in Turkish). Tekfen İnşaat. Retrieved 2016-08-14.
  2. ↑ "Tehlikeli Maddelerin Taşınmasına İzin Verilmeyen Otoyol Tünelleri" (PDF) (in Turkish). Karayolları Genel Müdürlüğü. Retrieved 2016-08-14.

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