Coordinates: 40°02′15″N 40°29′19″E / 40.03750°N 40.48861°E / 40.03750; 40.48861

Mount Kop Tunnel

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Mount Kop Tunnel
Kop Dağı Tüneli
Overview
LocationKop Pass, Maden, Bayburt-Aşkale, Erzurum, Turkey
Coordinates40°02′15″N 40°29′19″E / 40.03750°N 40.48861°E / 40.03750; 40.48861
StatusUnder construction
RouteFile:D915-TR.svg D.915 File:Tabliczka E97.svg E97
Operation
Work begun23 August 2012
OpenedEnd 2015
OwnerGeneral Directorate of Highways
Trafficautomotive
CharacterTwin-tube tunnel
Technical
Length6,500 m (21,300 ft)
Highest elevation2,050 m (6,730 ft)
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Location of Mt. Kop Tunnel in Turkey

Mount Kop Tunnel (Turkish: Kop Dağı Tüneli) is a road tunnel under construction located on the province border of Bayburt and Erzurum as part of the route File:D915-TR.svg D.915 File:Tabliczka E97.svg E97 between Maden, Bayburt in the northwest and Aşkale, Erzurum in the southeast in Eastern Anatolia Region, Turkey. Situated on the Mount Kop of Pontic Mountains, it is a 6,500 m (21,300 ft)-long twin-tube tunnel.[1] The cost of the construction is estimated to be ₺319 million.[2][3] It was built to bypass the Kop Pass at 2,409 m (7,904 ft) elevation with hairpin turns.[4] The tunnel will also eliminate the four-month-long traffic inaccessibility during the winter months due to harsh climatic conditions by heavy snow fall, icing and fog.[1][2] It will shorten the route about 6 km (3.7 mi) and reduce the travel time to one hour.[3] The tunnel is situated at 2,050 m (6,730 ft) elevation.[3][5] The groundbreaking ceremony was held in presence of Minister of Transport, Maritime and Communication Binali Yıldırım on 23 August 2012.[4] Excavation works progress about 20 m (66 ft) daily in each tunnel tube.[5] Opening of the tunnel is scheduled end of 2015.[3]Currently, 150 personnel are at work.[5]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Tekin, Salih (2011-12-22). "Kop Dağı 3 bin 800 metrelik tünelle aşılacak". Hürriyet (in Turkish). Retrieved 2014-04-19.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link)
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Özonur, Nursima; Kerim Burucu (2012-12-21). "Kop Dağı tüneli 100 metre ilerledi". Radikal (in Turkish). Retrieved 2014-04-19.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link)
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 Özkal, Hasan (2012-12-20). ""Kop Dağı Tüneli"nde Kazı Çalışmaları". Son dakika (in Turkish). Retrieved 2014-04-19.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link)
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 "Kop Dağı Tüneli'nin temeli törenle atıldı". Zaman (in Turkish). 2012-08-23. Archived from the original on 2014-04-20. Retrieved 2014-04-19.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link)
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 Bozkurt, Orhan; Levent Akpınar (2012-12-21). "Kop Tüneli'nde 24 saat mesai". Erzurum Ajans (in Turkish). Retrieved 2014-04-19.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link)
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