Status Operational Traffic automotive | Constructed Tekfen | |
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Location Kızlaç, Bahçe, Osmaniye, Turkey Coordinates Kızlaç Tunnel
Location of Kızlaç Tunnel in Turkey Opened 1999; 18 years ago (1999) Construction Tekfen Construction and Installation Operator General Directorate of Highways | ||
The Kızlaç Tunnel (Turkish: Kızlaç Tüneli), is a motorway tunnel constructed on the Adana–Şanlıurfa motorway in Osmaniye Province, southern Turkey.
It is situated on the Taurus Mountains near Kızlaç village of Bahçe, Osmaniye. The 2,851 and 2,819 m (9,354 and 9,249 ft)-long twin-tube tunnel carrying three lanes of traffic in each direction is flanked by 596–596 m (1,955–1,955 ft)-long Ayran Tunnel in the west and 1,230–1,225 m (4,035–4,019 ft)-long Aslanlı 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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