Çankırı Korgun-Kurşunlu Road Opens to Service
Minister of Transport and Infrastructure Abdulkadir Uraloğlu inaugurated the 29-kilometer Korgun-Kurşunlu road in Çankırı. While the project reduces travel time from 45 minutes to 24 minutes, it aims to achieve an annual saving of 580 million liras and a reduction of 8,800 tons of carbon emissions.
Minister of Transport and Infrastructure Abdulkadir Uraloğlu inaugurated the 29-kilometer Korgun-Kurşunlu road in Çankırı with a ceremony held in the city. Within the scope of the project, the platform width of the road was increased to 12 meters, and the Kurşunlu Multi-Level Interchange, 3 bridges, and a 33-meter corrugated steel culvert were constructed.
While the project reduces travel time from 45 minutes to 24 minutes, it aims to provide a total annual saving of 560 million liras, consisting of 381 million liras from time and 179 million liras from fuel. Additionally, a reduction of 8,800 tons of carbon emissions is projected annually. The road was completed with bituminous hot mix pavement, featuring 3.4 kilometers of divided road and 25.6 kilometers of single road standard.
Safety was enhanced by applying 66,000 square meters of steel grid netting in steep rocky areas. The access distance to the Trans-European North-South Motorway (TEM) route for drivers traveling from Çankırı towards Istanbul was shortened by 34 kilometers. Governor Hüseyin Çakırtaş, AK Party Çankırı Deputy Muhammet Emin Akbaşoğlu, and General Manager of Highways Ahmet Gülşen attended the opening ceremony.