The Buca-Bornova Tunnel ( tr, Buca-Bornova Tüneli) is the unofficial name of the tunnel, currently under construction, in

İzmir İzmir ( , ; ), also spelled Izmir, is a metropolitan city in the western extremity of Anatolia, capital of the province of the same name. It is the third most populous city in Turkey, after Istanbul and Ankara and the second largest urban agglo ...

, Turkey. The tunnel is part of a express route that will connect the

İzmir Coach Terminal İzmir Coach Bus Terminal (Turkish: , often abbreviated as ) is a bus terminal located in İzmir, Turkey. The bus station entered into service in December 1998. History İzmir had a coach bus terminal in Basmane, then moved to Halkapınar in ...

, in

Bornova Bornova is a metropolitan district of İzmir in İzmir Province in Turkey. It is the third largest district in İzmir's Greater Metropolitan Area of and is almost fully urbanized at the rate of 98.6 percent, with corresponding high levels of devel ...

, to central Konak, via the

Konak Tunnel Konak Tunnel ( tr, Konak Tüneli) is a road tunnel in Konak district of in İzmir, Turkey. It was opened to traffic in 2015. The tunnel is situated in Konak, İzmir connecting the Mustafa Kemal Coastal Boulevard in Konak with Yeşildere Street ...

. Once completed, the tunnel will become the longest tunnel in the

İzmir Province İzmir Province ( tr, İzmir ili) is a province and metropolitan municipality of Turkey in western Anatolia, situated along the Aegean coast. Its capital is the city of İzmir, which is in itself composed of the province's central 11 distri ...

and the 14th longest in Turkey. Work began on 12 March 2018 and the estimated construction cost is ₺184 million.

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Road tunnels in Turkey Buildings and structures in İzmir Konak District Buca District Bornova District {{Tunnel-stub