The Zigana Tunnel ( tr, Zigana Tüneli) is a road tunnel constructed on the Maçka, Trabzon– Torul, Gümüşhane state highway southwest of the provincial border

Trabzon Trabzon (; Ancient Greek: Tραπεζοῦς (''Trapezous''), Ophitic Pontic Greek: Τραπεζούντα (''Trapezounta''); Georgian: ტრაპიზონი (''Trapizoni'')), historically known as Trebizond in English, is a city on the Bl ...

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Gümüşhane Gümüşhane () is a city and the capital district of Gümüşhane Province in the Black Sea region of Turkey. The city lies along the Harşit River, at an elevation of , about southwest of Trabzon. According to the 2010 census, population of Gü ...

, northeastern

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. It was opened to traffic in 1988. Situated at

Zigana Pass The Zigana Pass ( tr, Zigana Geçidi) is a mountain pass situated on the Pontic Mountains in Gümüşhane Province close to its border with Trabzon Province in northeastern Turkey. The pass, at above sea level, is on the route at a distance of ...

on the

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, the -long tunnel was excavated in two years. The breakthrough took place on 2 September 1977. It carries one lane of traffic in each direction in one tube, which has clearance and width. The tunnel's elevation is at in the north-south direction.

New Zigana Tunnel project

In September 2013, it was announced that a new tunnel is projected at Zigana Pass. It will be a -long twin-tube tunnel carrying two lanes of traffic in each direction between Güzelyayla, Maçka and Köstere, Torul at elevation.

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Video animation of the existing and the projected tunnels
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