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General Directorate of Highways (Turkey)
Turkish state agency in charge of public roads From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The General Directorate Of Highways (Turkish: Karayolları Genel Müdürlüğü or KGM) is a state agency responsible for the construction and maintenance of all public roadways outside of cities and towns in Turkey. It was established on 1 March 1950, following the enactment of the International Highways Act in 1949. The agency operates as a subsidiary of the Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure. [1]
With its 18 regional divisions across the country, the agency maintains a road network totaling 68,633 km, comprising 3,523 km (2,189 mi) of motorways (Turkish: Otoyol, prefixed by "O"), 30,974 km (19,246 mi) of state highways (Turkish: Devlet yolu, prefixed by "D"), and 34,136 km (21,211 mi) of provincial roads (Turkish: İl yolu, prefixed by the two-digit province code).[2] This network includes related infrastructure such as bridges, viaducts, and tunnels.[3]
The General Directorate of Highways (GDH) manages the toll plazas on toll roads and toll bridges, utilizing automated toll collection systems, including transponder-based OGS and RFID-based HGS.[4]
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Divisions
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- 1st — Istanbul Province, Northern Marmara Region
- 2nd — Izmir Province, Aegean Region
- 3rd — Konya Province, Aksaray, Afyonkarahisar, Ardahan
- 4th — Ankara Province, Kırıkkale, Eskişehir, Bolu, Düzce
- 5th — Mersin Province, Adana, Kahramanmaraş, Hatay, Osmaniye, Kilis
- 6th — Kayseri Province, Cappadocia, Yozgat, Kırşehir
- 7th — Samsun Province, Middle Black Sea Region
- 8th — Elazığ Province, Adıyaman, Bingöl, Malatya, Tunceli
- 9th — Diyarbakır Province, Southeastern Anatolia Region
- 10th — Trabzon Province, East Black Sea Region
- 11th — Van Province, Muş, Bitlis, Southern Ağrı
- 12th — Erzurum Province, Ağrı
- 13th — Antalya Province, Burdur, Isparta, eastern part of Muğla and southern part of Afyonkarahisar
- 14th — Bursa Province, Southern Marmara Region, Kütahya
- 15th — Kastamonu Province, West Black Sea Region
- 16th — Sivas Province, Erzincan
- 17th — Motorways in Istanbul, including Bosphorus Bridges
- 18th — Kars Province, with former districts Ardahan and Iğdır, formerly part of 12th
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