Eurasia Tunnel

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The Eurasia Tunnel is an underwater road tunnel in Istanbul that connects the European and Asian sides of the city, easing transcontinental traffic beneath the Bosporus Strait.

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Eurasia Tunnel canonical 2
Avrasya Tunnel 1
Avrasya Tüneli 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf bored tunnel
road tunnel
toll road
undersea tunnel
alsoKnownAs Eurasia Tunnel
surface form: Avrasya Tunnel
connects Asian side of Istanbul
European side of Istanbul
connectsContinent Asia
Europe
constructionMethod tunnel boring machine
constructionStartDate 2011-02-26
country Turkey
crosses Bosporus
surface form: Bosporus Strait
designedFor light vehicles
endPoint Göztepe
hasEmergencyExit yes
hasFireSafetySystem yes
hasSpeedLimit 70 km/h
hasToll yes
hasTrafficMonitoringSystem yes
hasVentilationSystem yes
languageOfOfficialName Turkish
length 5.4 km
locatedIn Istanbul
locatedInContinent Asia
Europe
locatedInMetropolitanArea Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality
locatedInWaterBody Sea of Marmara
locatedUnder Bosporus
lowestPointBelowSeabed 106 m
maximumDepthBelowSeaLevel -106 m
notDesignedFor bicycles
heavy trucks
pedestrians
numberOfLanesPerTube 2
numberOfTubes 2
officialName Eurasia Tunnel self-linksurface differs
surface form: Avrasya Tüneli
openedToTrafficDate 2016-12-22
openingDate 2016-12-20
operator Avrasya Tüneli İşletme İnşaat ve Yatırım A.Ş.
owner Turkey
surface form: Republic of Turkey
partOf Istanbul road network
purpose provide road link between European and Asian sides of Istanbul
reduce traffic congestion in Istanbul
roadwayLength 14.6 km
startPoint Kazlıçeşme
totalNumberOfLanes 4
underseaSectionLength 3.4 km

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Bosporus crossedBy Eurasia Tunnel
Eurasia Tunnel officialName Eurasia Tunnel self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Avrasya Tüneli
Eurasia Tunnel alsoKnownAs Eurasia Tunnel
this entity surface form: Avrasya Tunnel
Istanbul road network hasComponent Eurasia Tunnel