The situation on the roads

The General Directorate of Highways announced that transportation is controlled on many highways due to construction, maintenance and repair works. Lane narrowing, road closures and transportation regulations are implemented on the O-3 Highway, Izmir-Aydın and Ankara-Niğde highways and Bursa, Gaziantep, Samsun, Trabzon, Malatya, Çankırı and Konya routes. Drivers must obey traffic signs and signals and drive slowly.

The situation on the roads

In sections of the highways where construction, maintenance and repair works are ongoing, drivers must drive slowly and obey traffic signs and signals.

According to the road condition bulletin of the General Directorate of Highways, Hadımköy-Çatalca junctions of the O-3 Motorway are 1-4. Approach concrete and joint repair works are being carried out on the Karasu Viaduct, kilometers away. For this reason, the lanes in the Ankara direction of the highway are narrowed in these sections and transportation is controlled.

17-18 of Izmir-Aydın Highway. Due to the joint renewal and repair works of the Kızılcaköy Bridge in the Izmir direction, the right lane and the safety lane are closed to traffic and transportation is carried out from the left and middle lanes.

Hacılar Junction of the Ankara-Niğde Motorway, in the Ankara direction, two lanes are closed to traffic due to superstructure repair works, and transportation continues under control from the other lanes.

Bursa-Yıldırım junctions 0-3 of Bursa Ring Motorway. Due to bridge expansion joint works, the Izmir-Ankara direction is closed to traffic and transportation continues in two directions from the other direction.

27-31 of Nurdağı-Gaziantep road. Due to the superstructure renovation works on kilometers, controlled transportation is allowed.

9-12 of Samsun-Ordu road. Due to bridge maintenance and repair works, the Samsun direction of the multi-storey road is closed to traffic and drivers are directed to the lower road.

Expansion joint repair work is being carried out in the Trabzon direction of the Araklı Viaduct Entrance Bridge, at the 28th kilometer of the Trabzon-Rize road. In this section, transportation continues in a single lane.

69-70 of Malatya-Elazığ road. Transportation is provided under controlled conditions due to the engineering works on the Handere-3 Bridge.

4-12 of Çankırı-Ankara road. Due to the fill improvement and superstructure renewal works in the kilometers (Acısu Variant), transportation is carried out from the old Çankırı-Ankara road via the Süleymanlı Village connection.

1-4 of Konya-Afyonkarahisar road. Due to the superstructure repair works on kilometers, transportation continues in two directions on a section of the divided road.

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