Tekkebak Tunnel Explained

Tekkebak Tunnel
Tekkebak Tüneli
Location:Fatsa, Ordu Province
Coordinates:40.9956°N 37.6514°W
Status:Operational
Startwork:1997
Operator:General Directorate of Highways
Traffic:automotive
Construction:Nurol-Tekfen-Yüksel joint venture
Length:170and
Lanes:2 x 2
Speed:80km/h

Tekkebak Tunnel (Turkish: Tekkebak Tüneli), is a highway tunnel constructed in Ordu Province, northern Turkey.

Tekkebak Tunnel is part of the Samsun-Ordu Highway within the Black Sea Coastal Highway, of which construction was carried out by the Turkish Nurol-Tekfen-Yüksel joint venture. The 170and-long twin-tube tunnel carrying two lanes of traffic in each direction is flanked by 261--long Kozbükü Tunnel in the west and 3805--long Ordu Nefise Akçelik Tunnel (named in honour of the late female engineer Nefise Akçelik) in the east on the same highway.

The tunnel was opened to traffic on 7 April 2007 by Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan. Dangerous goods carriers are not permitted to use the tunnel.

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