Çukurova Motorway
motorway in South Turkey
Çukurova motorway (Turkish: Çukurova otoyolu) is the unofficial name of the motorway (Turkish: otoyol) of Çukurova (ancient Cilicia) in Turkey. It is actually composed of the motorways O-51 (from Mersin to Adana), O-53 (from Ceyhan to İskenderun) and a part of O-52 (between O-51 and O-53).
The list of junctions
The total distance between the two ends is 236 kilometres (147 mi).
Connections
The main junctions of the motorway are as follows;
At junction K2; (east of Tarsus), it merges to another motorway; O-21 to north .
At junction K4; (east of Ceyhan), it continues as O-52 to east.
At junction K9; (Çeşmeli) it is connected to D.400 highway (Datça Mersin highway) to west.
At junction K3; (Çamtepe) it is connected to D.750 highway to north.
At junction K8; (Belen) it is connected to D.817 (E-91) highway to southeast.
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