Location Pozantı, Adana, Turkey Traffic automotive | Status Operational | |
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Coordinates Çakıt Tunnel
Location of Çakıt Tunnel in Turkey Opened March 12, 2009; 8 years ago (2009-03-12) Length 497 and 359 m (1,631 and 1,178 ft) Operator General Directorate of Highways | ||
The Çakıt Tunnel (Turkish: Çakıt Tüneli), is a motorway tunnel constructed on the Ankara–Tarsus motorway 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.
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