Gerze Tunnel
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LocationGerze, Sinop Province
Coordinates41°47′22″N 35°11′27″E / 41.78944°N 35.19083°E
Gerze Tunnel
Location of Gerze Tunnel in Turkey
StatusOperational
Route
D.010
D.010 Interactive map of Gerze Tunnel Gerze Tüneli | |
| Overview | |
|---|---|
| Location | Gerze, Sinop Province |
| Coordinates | 41°47′22″N 35°11′27″E / 41.78944°N 35.19083°E
Gerze Tunnel Location of Gerze Tunnel in Turkey |
| Status | Operational |
| Route | D.010 |
| Operation | |
| Constructed | Cengiz Construction Company |
| Opened | 26 March 2014 |
| Operator | General Directorate of Highways |
| Traffic | automotive |
| Technical | |
| Length | 348 and 348 m (1,142 and 1,142 ft) |
| No. of lanes | 2 x 2 |
| Operating speed | 80 km/h (50 mph) |
Gerze Tunnel (Turkish: Gerze Tüneli), is a highway tunnel constructed in Sinop Province, northern Turkey.
Gerze 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 348 and 348 m (1,142 and 1,142 ft)-long twin-tube tunnel carrying two lanes of traffic in each direction is flanked by 1,680–1,680 m (5,510–5,510 ft)-long Demirciköy Tunnel in the northwest and 1,598–1,530 m (5,243–5,020 ft)-long Yenikent Tunnel in the southeast on the same highway.
The tunnel was opened to traffic on 26 March 2014.[2]
