Status Under construction Opened April 2020 | Work begun April 14, 2016 Traffic automotive | |
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Location Zigana Pass, Torul, Gümüşhane-Maçka, Trabzon, Turkey Owner General Directorate of Highways | ||
New Mount Zigana Tunnel (Turkish: Yeni Zigana Dağı Tüneli) is a road tunnel under construction in the Black Sea Region of Turkey. Located on the provincial border of Gümüşhane and Trabzon, the tunnel will carry routes between Torul, Gümüşhane in the south and Maçka, Trabzon in the north.
Situated near Mount Zigana in the Pontic Mountains, the new twin tube tunnel will be the country's longest tunnel with a length of 14,481 m (47,510 ft).
It is being built to bypass the 2,032 m (6,667 ft) Zigana Pass and the current Zigana Tunnel. It will shorten the route by about 8 km (5.0 mi) and reduce the travel time by twenty minutes.
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