In Istanbul complete car underwater tunnel "Eurasia"

Work on the "twin" of the underwater tunnel Marmaray, which was opened just a month ago has already begun. In Istanbul will be a car underwater tunnel "Eurasia", the depth of which will be 105 meters long and 5.3 km.
After the completion of construction and launch of the movement time between the areas Goztepe on the Asian side of the city and Kazlicesme on the European side will be reduced to fifteen minutes. Completion of construction is scheduled for 2015, and on average, each day will lay on 8-10 m.



Under forecasts of experts "Eurasia" will greatly reduce the congestion of cars on the roads of Istanbul, can serve daily to 120 thousand people.







"This tunnel will be double of the Marmaray tunnel. It will connect both sides of Istanbul duplex road, which is located two km South of the Marmaray. The tunnel will build on the model of "construction, management, transmission" together with a Chinese consortium, Tunnel Operation Sonstruction. He will run for 26 years", − says Deputy head of the Istanbul municipality, Hilmi Exodar Diskmap.

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