Turkey to commission seven road tunnels till 2017

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. for any questions or feedback follow the author on: @rhafizoglu Follow us on Twitter @TRENDNewsAgency