Çukurova motorway (Turkish: Çukurova otoyolu) is the unofficial name of the motorway (Turkish: otoyol) of Çukurova (ancient Cilicia) in Turkey. It is actually composed of the motorways O-51 (from Mersin to Adana), O-53 (from Ceyhan to İskenderun) and a part of O-52 (between O-51 and O-53). [1]

The list of junctions edit

Mersin Province Adana Province Hatay Province
Junction code Location Distance from

prev. location (km.)

Distance from

prev. location (mi.)

K9 Çeşmeli (Summer houses)
K7 Kuyuluk (West Mersin) 10.6 6.6
K6 Mersin (North Mersin and Gözne) 14.5 9
K5 Serbest Bölge (Mersin Free Zone) 4.8 3
K4 West Tarsus 24 14.9
K3 Çamtepe (Tarsus) 11 6.8
K2 East Tarsus (Yenice) 2.1 1.3
K2 West Adana 19.1 11.9
K1 North Adana 8.6 5.3
K1 East Adana (Kozan) 15.1 9.4
K2 Misis 15.5 9.6
K3 Ceyhan-Yumurtalık 23.4 14.5
K4 Junction of O-52 11.5 7.1
K1.1 Industrial region (Free zone of Yumurtalık) 7.1 4.4
K2 Gözeneller 8.9 5.5
K3 Erzin 2.4 1.5
K4 Dörtyol 16.1 10
K5 Payas 13.8 8.6
K6 İskenderun 16 9.9
K7 Çankaya (South İskenderun) 7.2 4.5
K8 Belen 4.8 3

The total distance between the two ends is 236 kilometres (147 mi).

Connections edit

The main junctions of the motorway are as follows;

  • At junction K2; (east of Tarsus), it merges to another motorway;   O-21 to north .
  • At junction K4; (east of Ceyhan), it continues as   O-52 to east.
  • At junction K9; (Çeşmeli) it is connected to   D.400 highway (Datça Mersin highway) to west.
  • At junction K3; (Çamtepe) it is connected to   D.750 highway to north.
  • At junction K8; (Belen) it is connected to   D.817 (E-91) highway to southeast.

References edit

  1. ^ "Official page of General Directorate of Highways". Archived from the original on 2011-07-25. Retrieved 2010-06-11.