The Aslanlı Tunnel (Turkish: Aslanlı Tüneli), is a motorway tunnel constructed on the AdanaŞanlıurfa motorway O-52 E90 AH84 in Gaziantep Province, southern Turkey.

Aslanlı Tunnel
Aslanlı Tüneli
Overview
LocationNurdağı, Gaziantep Province, Turkey
Coordinates37°09′55″N 36°40′34″E / 37.16528°N 36.67611°E / 37.16528; 36.67611
Aslanlı Tunnel is located in Turkey
Aslanlı Tunnel
Aslanlı Tunnel
Location of Aslanlı Tunnel in Turkey
StatusOperational
Route O-52 E90 AH84
Operation
ConstructedTekfen
Opened1999; 25 years ago (1999)
OperatorGeneral Directorate of Highways
Trafficautomotive
Technical
Length1,230 and 1,225 m (4,035 and 4,019 ft)
No. of lanes2 x 3
Operating speed80 km/h (50 mph)

It is situated close to the provincial border of Gaziantep to Osmaniye in Nurdağı district. The 1,230 and 1,225 m (4,035 and 4,019 ft)-long twin-tube tunnel carrying three lanes of traffic in each direction follows the Kızlaç Tunnel in northeast direction. Dangerous goods carriers are not permitted to use the tunnel.[1]

The tunnel was constructed by Tekfen in New Austrian Tunnelling method (NATM).[2]

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  1. ^ "Tehlikeli Maddelerin Taşınmasına İzin Verilmeyen Otoyol Tünelleri" (PDF) (in Turkish). Karayolları Genel Müdürlüğü. Retrieved 2016-08-14.
  2. ^ "Otoyol Projeleri-Türkiye - Tarsus - Adana - Gaziantep (TAG) Otoyolu" (in Turkish). Tekfen İnşaat. Archived from the original on 2019-01-12. Retrieved 2016-08-14.
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