Mount Kop Tunnel

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Mount Kop Tunnel
Kop Dağı Tüneli
Overview
LocationKop Pass, Maden, Bayburt-Aşkale, Erzurum, Turkey
Coordinates40°02′15″N 40°29′19″E / 40.03750°N 40.48861°E / 40.03750; 40.48861Coordinates: 40°02′15″N 40°29′19″E / 40.03750°N 40.48861°E / 40.03750; 40.48861
StatusUnder construction
Route D.915 E 97
Operation
Work begun23 August 2012
OpenedEnd 2015
OwnerGeneral Directorate of Highways
Trafficautomotive
CharacterTwin-tube tunnel
Technical
Length6,500 m (21,300 ft)
Highest elevation2,050 m (6,730 ft)
Mt. Kop Tunnel is located in Turkey
Mt. Kop Tunnel
Mt. Kop Tunnel
Location of Mt. Kop Tunnel in Turkey

Mount Kop Tunnel (Turkish: Kop Dağı Tüneli) is a road tunnel under construction located on the province border of Bayburt and Erzurum as part of the route D.915 E 97 between Maden, Bayburt in the northwest and Aşkale, Erzurum in the southeast in Eastern Anatolia Region, Turkey.

Situated on the Mount Kop of Pontic Mountains, it is a 6,500 m (21,300 ft)-long twin-tube tunnel.[1] The cost of the construction is estimated to be ₺319 million.[2][3]

It was built to bypass the Kop Pass at 2,409 m (7,904 ft) elevation with hairpin turns.[4] The tunnel will also eliminate the four-month-long traffic inaccessibility during the winter months due to harsh climatic conditions by heavy snow fall, icing and fog.[1][2] It will shorten the route about 6 km (3.7 mi) and reduce the travel time to one hour.[3] The tunnel is situated at 2,050 m (6,730 ft) elevation.[3][5]

The groundbreaking ceremony was held in presence of Minister of Transport, Maritime and Communication Binali Yıldırım on 23 August 2012.[4] Excavation works progress about 20 m (66 ft) daily in each tunnel tube.[5] Opening of the tunnel is scheduled end of 2015.[3]Currently, 150 personnel are at work.[5]

References[]

  1. ^ a b Tekin, Salih (2011-12-22). "Kop Dağı 3 bin 800 metrelik tünelle aşılacak". Hürriyet (in Turkish). Retrieved 2014-04-19.
  2. ^ a b Özonur, Nursima & Kerim Burucu (2012-12-21). "Kop Dağı tüneli 100 metre ilerledi". Radikal (in Turkish). Retrieved 2014-04-19.CS1 maint: uses authors parameter (link)
  3. ^ a b c d Özkal, Hasan (2012-12-20). ""Kop Dağı Tüneli"nde Kazı Çalışmaları". Son dakika (in Turkish). Retrieved 2014-04-19.
  4. ^ a b "Kop Dağı Tüneli'nin temeli törenle atıldı". (in Turkish). 2012-08-23. Archived from the original on 2014-04-20. Retrieved 2014-04-19.
  5. ^ a b c Bozkurt, Orhan & Levent Akpınar (2012-12-21). "Kop Tüneli'nde 24 saat mesai". Erzurum Ajans (in Turkish). Retrieved 2014-04-19.CS1 maint: uses authors parameter (link)
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