Yunus Emre Tunnel Yunus Emre Tüneli | |
Location: | Ünye, Ordu Province |
Coordinates: | 41.1164°N 37.2383°W |
Status: | Operational |
Startwork: | 2007 |
Operator: | General Directorate of Highways |
Traffic: | automotive |
Construction: | S.T.Y. Construction Company |
Length: | 1996and |
Lanes: | 2 x 2 |
Speed: | 80km/h |
Yunus Emre Tunnel (tr|Yunus Emre Tüneli), is a highway tunnel constructed in Ordu Province, northern Turkey.
Yunus Emre Tunnel is part of the Samsun-Ordu Highway within the Black Sea Coastal Highway, of which construction was carried out by the Turkish S.T.Y. Construction Company. The 1996and-long twin-tube tunnel carrying two lanes of traffic in each direction. The Bayramca Tunnel follows the Yunus Emre Tunnel in direction Ordu.
The tunnel was opened to traffic on December 21, 2013, by Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan.