Gerze Tunnel

41°47′22″N 35°11′27″E / 41.78944°N 35.19083°E / 41.78944; 35.19083 StatusOperationalRoute D.010OperationConstructedCengiz Construction CompanyOpened26 March 2014; 10 years ago (2014-03-26)OperatorGeneral Directorate of HighwaysTrafficautomotiveTechnicalLength348 and 348 m (1,142 and 1,142 ft)No. of lanes2 x 2Operating speed80 km/h (50 mph)

Gerze Tunnel (Turkish: Gerze Tüneli), is a highway tunnel constructed in Sinop Province, northern Turkey.

Gerze Tunnel is part of the Sinop-Samsun Highway D.010 within the Black Sea Coastal Highway, of which construction was carried out by the Turkish Cengiz Construction Company.^[1] The 348 and 348 m (1,142 and 1,142 ft)-long twin-tube tunnel carrying two lanes of traffic in each direction is flanked by 1,680–1,680 m (5,510–5,510 ft)-long Demirciköy Tunnel in the northwest and 1,598–1,530 m (5,243–5,020 ft)-long Yenikent Tunnel in the southeast on the same highway.

The tunnel was opened to traffic on 26 March 2014.^[2]

• Map of road tunnels in Turkey at General Directorate of Highways (Turkey) (KGM)