Mount Ovit Tunnel

Mount Ovit Tunnel
Ovit Dağı Tüneli
Overview
Location İkizdere, Rize Province - İspir, Erzurum Province
Coordinates

40°37′28″N 40°49′26″E / 40.62438°N 40.82382°E / 40.62438; 40.82382Coordinates: 40°37′28″N 40°49′26″E / 40.62438°N 40.82382°E / 40.62438; 40.82382

Mt. Ovit Tunnel
Location of Mount Ovit Tunnel in Turkey.
Status Operational
Route D-925
Operation
Work begun 12 May 2012
Opened 13 June 2018 (2018-06-13)
Owner General Directorate of Highways
Traffic automotive
Technical
Length 14,346 m (47,067 ft)

Mount Ovit Tunnel (Turkish: Ovit Dağı Tüneli), is a highway tunnel at Mount Ovit between İkizdere, Rize Province and İspir, Erzurum Province in northeastern Turkey. With its length of 14,346 m (47,067 ft) (including 1,369 m cut and cover avalanche tunnel) in twin tubes, it is the country's second longest tunnel after New Mount Zigana Tunnel.[1][2][3][4][5]

The tunnel was projected to connect Erzurum with Rize in order to enable Eastern Anatolian's access to the Black Sea. The first gateaway project dates back to 1880 during the Ottoman Empire times, without going into realization. In 1930, a highway was built with a workforce of 1,500 people who connected İspir with İkizdere, passing over Mount Ovit, which is 2,640 m (8,660 ft) high.[6] The current route D-925 , however, it was built to bypass the Ovit Pass at 2,640 m (8,660 ft) elevation.

The construction works of Mount Ovit Tunnel and its connection roads started with a groundbreaking ceremony held on 12 May 2012 in presence of Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan.[1] It was planned that the tunnel would be opened to traffic in 2015,[1] but later the opening date was set to 2018.[7] Mount Ovit Tunnel is the world's 7th longest highway tunnel. The tunnel was opened on 13th June 2018 by Recep Tayyip Erdogan. [8]

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Ovit Tüneli'nin temeli atıldı". Hürriyet (in Turkish). 2012-05-13. Retrieved 2012-05-13.
  2. ↑ "Ovit Tüneli'nde çalışmalar durduruldu". Hürriyet (in Turkish). 2014-11-13. Retrieved 2014-11-13.
  3. ↑ "Yeni Zigana Tüneli İnşaatı Devam Ediyor". Haberler (in Turkish). 2016-08-17. Retrieved 2016-09-25.
  4. ↑ "Kerim Tütüncü - Ovit Tüneli Şantiye Şefi ile Röportaj". Haber Teknik Dergisi Sayı 3 (in Turkish). May 2015. Retrieved 2016-09-25.
  5. ↑ "Ovit Tüneli'nde son 400 metre". TRT Haber (in Turkish). 2016-09-06. Retrieved 2016-09-25.
  6. ↑ "Ovit Tüneli'nde son bir kilometre". Hürriyet (in Turkish). 2016-06-22. Retrieved 2016-09-25.
  7. ↑ "Türkiye'nin 2018 yatırım panoramasında neler var?". Emlaknews (in Turkish). 2017-12-31. Retrieved 2018-01-05.
  8. ↑ "Son dakika... Ovit Tüneli hizmete girdidate=2018-06-13". Hurriyet (in Turkish). Retrieved 2018-06-13.

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