Travel time of 2.5 hours is reduced to 18 minutes

Minister Uraloğlu said, "We will open our highway to traffic as of 00.01 on the night between October 18 and October 19." Emphasizing that the Çeşmeli-Kızkalesi Section will significantly reduce the traffic load, especially in the summer months, Uraloğlu said, "We will transfer a significant part of the transit traffic on the existing state road to the highway. Thus, we will reduce the travel time from up to 2.5 hours to 18 minutes in the summer months."

Uraloğlu stated that the construction work on the project that will strengthen the transportation infrastructure between Mersin's tourism, agriculture, industry and logistics centers has been completed.

Minister Uraloğlu stated that the official opening ceremony will be held after the Çeşmeli-Kızkalesi Highway is opened to traffic and said, "We will hold the official opening of our project at a later date with the participation of our President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan."

Stating that the Çeşmeli-Kızkalesi Section is 52 kilometers long, including 41 kilometers of highway and 11 kilometers of connection road, Uraloğlu said, "Within the scope of our project, we built 10 interchanges, 7 tunnels and 5 viaducts. We also strengthened our transportation infrastructure with 2 highway service facilities, 6 toll collection areas, a maintenance operation center and a tunnel operation center."