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Kabir Kouh Tunnel

Coordinates: 33°01′06″N 47°29′22″E / 33.01833°N 47.48944°E / 33.01833; 47.48944
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Kabir Kuh Tunnel
One of the entrances to the tunnel.
Overview
Official namePersian: تونل کبیرکوه
Other name(s)Kabir Kooh Tunnel
LineRoad
LocationIlam Province, Iran
Coordinates33°01′06″N 47°29′22″E / 33.01833°N 47.48944°E / 33.01833; 47.48944
StatusUnder Construction
CrossesKabir Kuh
StartYujhendar, Darreh Shahr County
EndNear Abdanan
Operation
Work begun2010
OwnerIRI RMTO
TollToll Free
Technical
Length6,250 m (20,510 ft)
No. of lanes2
Tunnel clearance7 metres (23 ft)
Width12 metres (39 ft)

Kabir Kouh Tunnel is an ongoing road tunnel project in Ilam Province, Iran. The tunnel passes under the Kabir Kouh range connecting the counties of Darreh Shahr and Abdanan, shortening the current 40-kilometre (25 mi) mountain pass to about 6 km. Kabir Kouh is a 170-kilometre (110 mi) long mountain range in Ilam Province extending along a southeast-northwest axis from an area near Pa Alam, Lorestan Province to the vicinity of Chenar Bashi about 20 km (12 mi) south of Ilam. The range acts as a barrier between the province's western areas such as Abdanan and border cities of Mehran and Dehloran with the country's internal road networks.

The tunnel eliminates the 40-km Kabir Kouh Mountain Pass which reaches as high as 1,700 m (5,600 ft) above sea level at its peak and consists of hundreds of hairpin turns.

The project consists of a 4,750-metre (15,580 ft) main tunnel and eight other shorter tunnels with a total length of 1,500 m (4,900 ft) connecting the Darreh Shahr-Pole Dokhtar route to the main tunnel.

The construction of the tunnel started in May 2010 and was planned to be opened in four years.[1] As of August 2019, the main and connecting tunnels have been dug but the project is yet to be completed.[2][3]


References

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  1. ^ "Magiran | روزنامه ایران (1389/03/02): کلنگ تونل کبیرکوه به زمین زده شد". www.magiran.com. Retrieved 2019-11-15.
  2. ^ "آغاز شمارش معکوس برای عبور از دل کبیرکوه/حفاری تونل عظیم کبیرکوه در روزهای آینده به پایان می‌رسد- اخبار استانها - اخبار تسنیم - Tasnim". خبرگزاری تسنیم - Tasnim (in Persian). Retrieved 2019-11-15.
  3. ^ "خبرگزاری فارس - پایان حفاری تونل کبیرکوه همزمان با سفر رئیس‌ جمهور به ایلام در مهرماه". خبرگزاری فارس. 2019-08-28. Retrieved 2019-11-15.