Status Operational Traffic automotive | Constructed Tekfen | |
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Location Arıcaklı, Bahçe, Osmaniye, Turkey Coordinates Ayran Tunnel
Location of Ayran Tunnel in Turkey Opened 1999; 18 years ago (1999) Construction Tekfen Construction and Installation Operator General Directorate of Highways | ||
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. Dangerous goods carriers are not permitted to use the tunnel.
The tunnel was constructed by Tekfen in New Austrian Tunnelling method (NATM).
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