The Zigana Tunnel () is a road tunnel constructed on the
Maçka, Trabzon–
Torul, Gümüşhane state highway southwest of the provincial border
Trabzon
Trabzon, historically known as Trebizond, is a city on the Black Sea coast of northeastern Turkey and the capital of Trabzon Province. The city was founded in 756 BC as "Trapezous" by colonists from Miletus. It was added into the Achaemenid E ...
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Gümüşhane
Gümüşhane () is a city in the Black Sea Region of Turkey. It is the seat of Gümüşhane Province and Gümüşhane District.[Turkey
Turkey, officially the Republic of Türkiye, is a country mainly located in Anatolia in West Asia, with a relatively small part called East Thrace in Southeast Europe. It borders the Black Sea to the north; Georgia (country), Georgia, Armen ...]
. It was opened to traffic in 1988.
Situated at
Zigana Pass
The Zigana Pass () is a mountain pass situated on the Pontic Mountains in Gümüşhane Province close to its border with Trabzon Province in northeastern Turkey. The pass, at above sea level, is on the route at a distance of from Gümüşhane ...
on the
Pontic Mountains
The Pontic Mountains or Pontic Alps (, meaning 'North Anatolian Mountains'), form a mountain range in northern Anatolia, Turkey. They are also known as the "Parhar Mountains" in the local Turkish and Pontic Greek languages. The term ''Parhar'' ...
, the -long tunnel was excavated in two years. The breakthrough took place on 2 September 1977. It carries one lane of traffic in each direction in one tube, which has clearance and width.
The tunnel's elevation is at in the north-south direction.
New Zigana Tunnel
In September 2013, it was announced that a
new tunnel is projected at Zigana Pass. The tunnel was opened in 2023. It is a -long twin-tube tunnel carrying two lanes of traffic in each direction between
Güzelyayla, Maçka and
Köstere, Torul at elevation.
References
External links
Video animation of the existing and the projected tunnels
Road tunnels in Turkey
Transport in Gümüşhane Province
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