Kresna Gorge Tunnel

Kresna Gorge Tunnel
Overview
Location Kresna Gorge, Bulgaria
Coordinates

41°46′7″N 23°9′18″E / 41.76861°N 23.15500°E / 41.76861; 23.15500Coordinates: 41°46′7″N 23°9′18″E / 41.76861°N 23.15500°E / 41.76861; 23.15500

Kresna Gorge Tunnel (Bulgaria)
Status Cancelled
Route Struma motorway,
Start Krupnik, Bulgaria
End Kresna, Bulgaria
Operation
Operator NCSIP
Traffic automobile
Character motorway, twin-tube
Toll no
Technical
Length 15.385 km (9.560 mi) east tube, 15.410 km (9.575 mi) west tube
Number of lanes 2 x 2

Kresna Gorge Tunnel was a planned twin-tube tunnel in Blagoevgrad Province, Bulgaria. The tunnel would be part of Struma motorway (A3), that runs between Pernik and the border crossing to Greece, at the village of Kulata.

The proposed length of the tunnel of over 15 km would place it among the longest road tunnels in the world. The main reason to build a motorway tunnel of such length was to protect the environment in the Kresna Gorge.

The design works of the tunnel began in 2013.[1] The construction was expected to begin in 2016,[2] using the New Austrian Tunnelling method due to the diverse geology in the Kresna gorge, which makes the usage of TBM inapplicable.[3] The construction costs along with the access roads were estimated at 1.1 billion levs (~560 million euro).[4] As of 2015, plans were abandoned and an alternative route is being considered, which will involve a series of shorter tunnels and viaducts.[5]

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