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The Selçukgazi Tunnel (Turkish: Selçukgazi Tüneli) is a motorway tunnel located at Dürdane Hill in Marmara Region as part of the Istanbul-Bursa Motorway O-5 in Turkey.[1]
Overview | |
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Location | Selçukgazi, Osmangazi, Bursa Province |
Coordinates | 40°19′25″N 29°06′26″E |
Status | Operational |
Route | ![]() |
Operation | |
Work begun | July 2013 |
Constructed | Otoyol A.Ş. |
Opened | March 12, 2017 |
Owner | General Directorate of Highways |
Traffic | automotive |
Character | Twin-tube motorway tunnel |
Technical | |
Length | 1,192 and 1,303 m (3,911 and 4,275 ft) |
No. of lanes | 2 x 3 |
Situated near Selçukgazi village in Osmangazi district between Gemlik and Bursa, it is a twin-tube tunnel of 1,192 and 1,303 m (3,911 and 4,275 ft).[2][3] The construction is carried out by Otoyol A.Ş., a consortium of Turkish Nurol, Özaltın, Makyol, Yüksel, Göçay and Italian Astaldi companies. Works at the tunnel began in July 2013,[1] and are continuing.[4] In March 2014, it was announced that the preparatory works are completed and tunneling will start soon.[5]
The tunnel was opened to traffic on March 12, 2017 by Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yıldırım.[6]
Other tunnels on the route are the 3,586 and 3,591 m (11,765 and 11,781 ft)-long Orhangazi Tunnel and the 1,556 and 1,653 m (5,105 and 5,423 ft)-long Belkahve Tunnel.
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