Agency Name: | General Directorate Of Highways |
Nativename: | Karayolları Genel Müdürlüğü |
Picture Width: | 250px |
Picture Caption: | KGM Building |
Jurisdiction: | Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure |
Headquarters: | Ankara, Turkey |
Region Code: | TR |
Coordinates: | 39.9169°N 32.8414°W |
Employees: | 27.175 (2021) |
Budget: | 21 Billion ₺ |
Chief1 Name: | Ahmet Gülşen |
Chief1 Position: | Director-General |
The General Directorate Of Highways (Turkish: Karayolları Genel Müdürlüğü) (KGM) is a state agency in charge of the construction and maintenance of all public roadways outside of cities and towns in Turkey. It was established on 1 March 1950, following the acceptance of the International Highways Act in 1949. The agency is a sub unit of the Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure.[1]
With its 18 divisions across the country,[2] The KGM maintains a road network of 3523km (2,189miles) motorways (Otoyol, prefixed by O), 30974km (19,246miles) State highways (Devlet yolu, prefixed by D) and 34136km (21,211miles) Province roads (İl yolu, prefixed by the two-digit province code) including related bridges, viaducts and tunnels on them, in total 68,633km. [3]
The GDH administers the toll plazas on the toll roads and toll bridges collecting tolls, automated methods of transponder type OGS and RFID type HGS.[4]