Yağdonduran Pass Became History

He reminded that Sivas, which connects the Central Black Sea coast to the inner parts and the Southeast in the north-south direction with its geographical location, is also on the D-200 State Highway route, which crosses Anatolia from the Iranian border to Çanakkale in the east-west direction. Emphasizing that Sivas is a bridge between all land and railway routes of Turkey due to its location, Uraloğlu said that he is closely following all projects that will strengthen Sivas' transportation network. Underlining that they are working intensively for the transportation and communication investments of Sivas, Uraloğlu said, “To date, we have invested approximately 171 billion liras for the transportation and communication infrastructure of Sivas. We increased the length of the divided road, which was 2002 kilometers in 24, to 836 kilometers, and the length of the bituminous hot mixture paved road, which was 7 kilometers, to 585 kilometers. "We connected Sivas to Erzincan, Kayseri, Tokat, Yozgat and Kahramanmaraş with divided roads," he said. Uraloğlu also underlined that a total economic gain of 253 million lira will be provided, including 196 million lira with the Yağdonduran Tunnel and 450 million lira with the Numune Hospital Different Level Junction.

41 HIGHWAY PROJECT WITH A COST OF 404 BILLION 21 MILLION LIRA

Minister Uraloğlu underlined that they have implemented many projects such as the Şarkışla-Kaynar, Hafik-Doğanşar, Sivas-Çamlıbel-Tokat, Reşadiye-Gölova-İmranlı Junction roads, and the repair of the Eğri Bridge on the Sivas Karayün Celalli Road and the historical Fadlum Bridge on the Old Sivas-Malatya road. He also explained what he did. Pointing out that there were no tunnels in Sivas 22 years ago, Uraloğlu said, “We built 3,8 tunnels with a length of 3 km. We are currently continuing 41 separate highway projects with a project cost of 404 billion 21 million lira. "Two of the most important of these are our Yağdonduran Tunnel and Connection Road and Numune Hospital Bridge Junction projects, for which we came together," he said.

SİVAS AND MALATYA ARE CONNECTED WITH HIGH STANDARD ROADS

Uraloğlu explained that the Yağdonduran Pass in Sivas is located at an altitude of 1.750 meters and the 1.567-meter-long Yağdonduran Tunnel, built over the pass, was built as a double tube with bituminous hot mixture coating and divided road standard. Pointing out that the tunnel, which started at 1.674 meters elevation, continued with a 2 percent slope and ended at 1.705 meters elevation, Uraloğlu pointed out that the total length of the tunnel project reached 5 kilometers, including the connection roads. Emphasizing that transportation, which is occasionally disrupted during the winter months due to heavy snowfall, icing and blizzards, will become uninterrupted with the comfort of the tunnel, Uraloğlu said: