Kağıthane-Piyalepaşa Tunnel

Kağıthane-Piyalepaşa Tunnel
Kağıthane-Piyalepaşa Tüneli
Overview
Location Kağıthane - Piyalepaşa, Beyoğlu (Istanbul, Turkey)
Coordinates

41°03′47″N 28°57′18″E / 41.06304°N 28.95501°E

41°03′18″N 28°58′14″E / 41.05487°N 28.97060°E
Operation
Work begun 2005
Opened March 14, 2009
Owner Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality
Traffic automotive
Technical
Length 3,186 m (10,453 ft)
Number of lanes 2x2
Operating speed 70 km/h (43 mph)
Tunnel clearance 7.33 m (24.0 ft)
Width 11.80 m (38.7 ft)
Kağıtane
Piyalepaşa
Location of Kağıthane-Piyalepaşa Tunnel in Istanbul

The Kağıthane-Piyalepaşa Tunnel (Turkish: Kağıthane-Piyalepaşa Tüneli) is a twin-tube road tunnel under the inner city of Istanbul, Turkey connecting the Kağıthane district and Piyalepaşa Boulevard in Beyoğlu district. Opened in 2009, it is 3,186 m (10,453 ft) long.

The tunnel is part of a project of the Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality to build seven tunnels for the "City of Seven Hills", which is the nickname of Istanbul. It was opened on March 14, 2009 as the first tunnel of this project after a construction time of four years. Its southeast entry is situated on the Piyalepaşa Boulevard, which runs between the neighborhoods Okmeydanı and Kasımpaşa. The northwest entry is located in Kağıhane. The two independent tubes with two lanes each are 11.80 m (38.7 ft) wide, 7.33 m (24.0 ft) high and 3,180 m (1.98 mi) long.[1]

References

  1. "İstanbul’a kazandırılan iki dev eseri Başbakan Erdoğan açtı" (in Turkish). İBB. 2009-03-14. Retrieved 2012-09-16.