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Ilgaz 15 July Independence Tunnel

Ilgaz 15 July Independence Tunnel

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Ilgaz 15 July Independence Tunnel, shortly Ilgaz Tunnel, (Turkish: Ilgaz 15 Temmuz İstiklal Tüneli or Ilgaz Tüneli), is a highway tunnel through the Ilgaz Mountains between Kastamonu Province and Çankırı Province in northern Turkey. The tunnel has twin tubes of 5,370 m (17,620 ft) and 5,391 m (17,687 ft) in length. The tunnel was opened to traffic on December 26, 2016.[1][2][3]

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The construction cost of the tunnel was budgeted to ₺ 572 million (approx. US$200 million as of March 2016).[2] The foundation stone laying ceremony took place on November 9, 2012. Tunnel boring works were completed on April 3, 2016.[1]

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  1. [1]
    "Ilgaz Tüneli'nde sona yaklaşılıyor". Hürriyet (in Turkish). 2016-04-03. Retrieved 2016-04-03.
  2. [2]
    "572 milyon TL'lik Ilgaz Tüneli'nde ışık göründü". Hürriyet (in Turkish). 2015-08-13. Retrieved 2016-04-03.
  3. [3]
    "New tunnel linking Central Anatolia and Black Sea opens". Hürriyet Daily News. 2016-12-26. Retrieved 2016-12-29.


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