Çakıt Tunnel

Çakıt Tunnel
Çakıt Tüneli

Overview
Location	Pozantı, Adana, Turkey
Coordinates	37°29′42″N 34°49′55″E / 37.49500°N 34.83194°E / 37.49500; 34.83194Coordinates: 37°29′42″N 34°49′55″E / 37.49500°N 34.83194°E / 37.49500; 34.83194 Çakıt Tunnel Location of Çakıt Tunnel in Turkey
Status	Operational
Route	O-21 E90
Operation
Opened	March 12, 2009; 12 years ago (2009-03-12)
Operator	General Directorate of Highways
Traffic	automotive
Technical
Length	497 and 359 m (1,631 and 1,178 ft)
No. of lanes	2 x 3
Operating speed	80 km/h (50 mph)

The Çakıt Tunnel (Turkish: Çakıt Tüneli), is a motorway tunnel constructed on the Ankara–Tarsus motorway O-21 E90 in Adana Province, southern Turkey.

It is situated on the Taurus Mountains near Ömerli village of Pozantı, Adana. The 497 and 359 m (1,631 and 1,178 ft)-long twin-tube tunnel carrying three lanes of traffic in each direction is flanked by 534–526 m (1,752–1,726 ft)-long Kırkgeçit-7 Tunnel in the north and 200–200 m (660–660 ft)-long Gülek Tunnel in the south on the same motorway. Dangerous goods carriers are not permitted to use the tunnel.^[1]

See also[]

• List of motorway tunnels in Turkey
• Kırkgeçit Tunnels

References[]

External links[]

• Map of road tunnels in Turkey at General Directorate of Highways (Turkey) (KGM)

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