Ayran Tunnel (motorway)
The Ayran Tunnel (Turkish: Ayran Tüneli), is a motorway tunnel constructed on the Adana–Şanlıurfa motorway 
O-52 
E90 
AH84 in Osmaniye Province, southern Turkey.
O-52 
E90 
AH84 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).
See also
References
- ^ "Otoyol Projeleri-Türkiye - Tarsus - Adana - Gaziantep (TAG) Otoyolu" (in Turkish). Tekfen İnşaat. Retrieved 2016-08-14.
- ^ "Tehlikeli Maddelerin Taşınmasına İzin Verilmeyen Otoyol Tünelleri" (PDF) (in Turkish). Karayolları Genel Müdürlüğü. Retrieved 2016-08-14.
External links
- Map of road tunnels in Turkey Archived 2012-12-22 at archive.today at General Directorate of Highways (Turkey) (KGM)
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