Eurasia Tunnel

Tolls have been hiked for passage through the Eurasia Tunnel, the first ever road tunnel connecting Europe and Asia underneath the Bosphorus Strait in Istanbul, according to ATAŞ, the company that operates the tunnel.

Tolls to use the Eurasia Tunnel, the first ever road tunnel connecting Europe and Asia underneath the Bosphorus Strait in Istanbul, have been hiked by 26.5 percent, according to ATAŞ, the company that operates the tunnel.

Heavy rainfall hit Istanbul beginning from the early hours of July 18, paralyzing daily life and causing floods.

Millions of locals in Istanbul struggled and waded to work in the morning after early-morning thunderstorms boomed over the city, dumping torrents of rain and swamping transport networks.        

The Eurasia Tunnel, the first ever road tunnel underneath the Bosphorus Strait in Istanbul, opened partially to service early Dec. 22. 

The passages between the Kazlıçeşme district on the European side and the Göztepe district on the Asian side have one lane on each side due to security reasons, according to officials. 

The Eurasia Tunnel, the first ever road tunnel underneath the Bosphorus Strait in Istanbul, opened on Dec. 20 in an official ceremony with the attendance of President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and Prime Minister Binali Yıldırım. 

The tunnel is slated to open to service early on Dec. 21 for a 15 Turkish Lira ($4.2) entrance fee until the beginning of 2017. 

An underwater tunnel that will considerably shorten the duration of travel for vehicles from Istanbul's Asian side to the European side is slated to open on Dec. 20 in an official ceremony attended by President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and Prime Minister Binali Yıldırım. 

The name of the historic new "Eurasia tunnel" crossing under Istanbul's Bosphorus Strait will be be chosen through an online poll, Turkey's transport minister has said.        

One of Turkey’s mega projects, the Eurasia Tunnel, which allows automobiles transit access between the Asian and European sides of Istanbul under the Bosporus strait, will be transited by President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan in an official test drive on Saturday. President Erdogan will drive from Europe to Asia through the tunnel in his official car.

An underwater tunnel that will considerably shorten the duration of travel for vehicles from Istanbul's Asian side to the European one will be tested on Oct. 8, with President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan expected to take a test drive in the tunnel with an official car, daily Sabah reported Oct. 7.

Asphalt work for the tunnel was completed before the first passage. 

Drilling works for a roadway tunnel connecting Istanbul?s European and Asian sides, the Eurasia Tunnel, has been completed. 

The two continents have been connected by a 3.34 km-long tunnel under the sea in the framework of the project, which is also dubbed the Istanbul Straight Road Crossing Project.