Boztepe Tunnel

Boztepe Tunnel (Turkish: Boztepe Tüneli), is a highway tunnel located in Ordu Province, in northern Turkey.^[2]

Boztepe Tunnel
Boztepe Tüneli

Location in Turkey
Overview
Location	Altınordu, Ordu, Ordu Province
Coordinates	40.9743°N 37.8378°E / 40.9743; 37.8378
Status	Operational
Route	D.010 E70
Operation
Work begun	15 July 2012; 13 years ago (2012-07-15) [1]
Constructed	Nurol-Yüksel-Özka–YDA joint venture
Opened	3 March 2019; 6 years ago (2019-03-03)
Operator	General Directorate of Highways
Traffic	automotive
Technical
Length	3,313 and 3,308 m (10,869 and 10,853 ft)
No. of lanes	2 x 2
Operating speed	80 km/h (50 mph)

Boztepe Tunnel is a part of the Samsun-Ordu Highway D.010 E70 within the Black Sea Coastal Highway, whose construction was carried out by the Turkish Nurol-Yüksel-Özka-YDA joint venture.^[2] It is a twin-tube tunnel with two lanes of traffic in each direction, and its length is approximately 3,313 and 3,308 meters (10,869 and 10,853 ft). The tunnel is flanked by the Asarkayası Tunnel which is about 310–314 meters (1,017–1,030 ft) long, on the western side, and the Öceli Tunnel, which is approximately 2,004–2,034 meters (6,575–6,673 ft) long, on the eastern side. All of these tunnels are part of the same highway.

The Boztepe tunnel was officially opened to traffic on 3 March 2019 by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan.^[3]