Online survey to decide name for Istanbul’s Eurasia Tunnel

The name of Istanbul’s new 14.6km tunnel under the Bosphorus Strait will be chosen form on-line poll run by the federal transport ministry. The US$1.25 billion tunnel will officially open this month, around eight months ahead of schedule, according to the state-run news agency Anadolu Agency. Often referred to as the Eurasian Tunnel, it will shorten a 100-minute vehicle journey between the European and Asian sides of the strait to around 15 minutes. The mega project consisting of a railway and two
December 7, 2016 Read time: 1 min
The name of Istanbul’s new 14.6km tunnel under the Bosphorus Strait will be chosen form on-line poll run by the federal transport ministry.

The US$1.25 billion tunnel will officially open this month, around eight months ahead of schedule, according to the state-run news agency Anadolu Agency.

Often referred to as the Eurasian Tunnel, it will shorten a 100-minute vehicle journey between the European and Asian sides of the strait to around 15 minutes.
 
The mega project consisting of a railway and two tunnels for light vehicles such as cars and minibuses was contracted in 2009 to a joint Turkish-Korean venture later named Eurasian Tunnel Operation Construction and Investment (ATAS).

The tunnel links Kazlicesme on Istanbul’s European side and Goztepe in Asia. Tolls of about $4 for cars and $6 for minibuses will be levied, Anadolu reported.
Road Structures

Related Content

  • Lumitex lights up Melbourne's EastLink tunnels
    June 18, 2021
    The 1,066 high-pressure sodium lights have been exchanged for 1,174 Lumitex LEDs throughout the EastLink network's 1.6km twin tunnel complex in Melbourne, Australia.
    Read More
  • Champlain Bridge consortium files lawsuit
    October 25, 2021
    Signature on the Saint Lawrence claims the Canadian federal government passed a large part of additional costs onto SSL.
    Read More
  • Flatiron wins Steveston work in Canada
    April 18, 2022
    The Steveston Interchange project near Vancouver is key for improving traffic flow into what will be a new immersed Massey Tunnel under the Fraser River.
    Read More
  • Major bridge widening project going to plan
    April 11, 2012
    When built it was determined that a vital US road/rail bridge would always be widened. Work on that huge project is going to plan as Patrick Smith reports One of the biggest bridge widening projects in the world is being carried out under an ambitious development programme. At US$1.2 billion, the seven-year scheme to widen the Huey P. Long Bridge in the US state of Louisiana is also the largest of 16 projects planned under the state's TIMED (Transportation Infrastructure Model for Economic Development)
    Read More

Highlighted Content