Baku, Azerbaijan, Nov. 23
By Rufiz Hafizoglu - Trend:
Turkey will commission seven road tunnels for the next two years, the Turkish Ministry of Transport, Shipping and Communications told Trend Nov. 21.
Turkey will commission six road tunnels, namely: "Konak", "Erkenek", "Karahan", "Salmankas", "Ilgaz", "Milhatpasa" by 2015. The Kop road tunnel will be commissioned by 2017, the ministry said.
The length of the "Konak" tunnel will be 1,570 meters, "Erkenek" - 1,816 meters, "Karahan" - 1,600 meters, "Salmankas" - 4,200 meters, "Ilgaz" - 5,391 meters, "Milhatpasa" - 1,530 meters.
The length of the "Kop" tunnel will be 6,500 meters.
Around 187 tunnels were built in the country, 113 of which have a length of over 500 meters, the Turkish General Directorate of Highways said.
The length of 28 tunnels reaches one kilometer, 14 tunnels - more than two kilometers, three tunnels - three kilometers. The length of the largest tunnel in Turkey is more than three kilometers. The remaining tunnels have a length of up to 500 meters.
The total length of all tunnels in Turkey is 145,694.68 kilometers.
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