Krraba tunnel
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Krraba tunnel Kërraba tunnel
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 North portals in autumn 2013 with a provisional connection
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| use | Road tunnel | |||
| traffic connection | A3 | |||
| place | Krraba | |||
| length | 2200 m | |||
| Number of tubes | 2 | |||
| construction | ||||
| start of building | April 29, 2011 | |||
| completion | 2013 | |||
| business | ||||
| operator | Ministria e Punëve Publike dhe Transportit | |||
| toll | No | |||
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| Coordinates | ||||
| West portal | 41 ° 12 ′ 25 ″ N , 19 ° 57 ′ 55 ″ E | |||
| East portal | 41 ° 11 ′ 43 ″ N , 19 ° 59 ′ 12 ″ E | |||
Map with all coordinates: The Krraba Tunnel ( Albanian Tuneli i Krrabës ), also Kërraba Tunnel (Alb. Tuneli i Kërrabës ), is a road tunnel under construction in central Albania south of the capital Tirana . The tunnel, which is around 2,200 meters long, is part of the A3 motorway which , once completed, will connect the cities of Tirana and Elbasan and pass under the ridge of the Kodrat e Krrabës ( Krraba hills ).
The tunnel is being built by the Greek construction company Aktor in cooperation with the US company Copri . Work on this began on April 29, 2011. At the end of November 2011, around a quarter of the construction work on the tunnel had been completed and by mid-February 2012 half of it had already been completed.
On June 16, 2013 - in the middle of the election campaign for the parliamentary elections - the tunnel including the A3 motorway from Tirana to Elbasan was officially opened by Prime Minister Sali Berisha ( PD ). For the time being, however, only one lane per tunnel can be used; traffic is regulated by a light signal system.
The short connection to the SH3 in the north is still provisional. In the south, a lane of the approximately eleven-kilometer-long new line to the town of Bradashesh, west of Elbasan, has been completed and opened for oncoming traffic.
Web links
- Project presentation (Albanian) ( Memento from August 4, 2012 in the web archive archive.today )
- Technical data, photos and details of the route (PDF file, 7.05 MB; Albanian) ( Memento from March 31, 2012 in the Internet Archive )
Individual evidence
- ↑ nisin punimet për tunelin Tirana-Elbasan (construction of the tunnel Tirana-Elbasan start). Telegrafi.com, April 28, 2011, accessed June 17, 2013 (Albanian).
- ↑ Tiranë – Elbasan, nisin punimet (Tirana – Elbasan, construction work begins). Top Channel , April 19, 2011, accessed June 17, 2013 (Albanian).
- ↑ Ne i përgjigjemi shpifjeve me vepra (We will reply to slander with deeds). Lajme Shqipëria, November 19, 2011, accessed June 17, 2013 (Albanian).
- ^ Tirana-Elbasan Highway Ready in Spring 2013, Albanian Transportation Minister Says. Balkans.com, February 14, 2012, archived from the original on July 15, 2014 ; accessed on June 17, 2013 .
- ↑ Hapet autostrada Tiranë-Elbasan (Tirana-Elbasan motorway opens). Top Channel , June 16, 2013, accessed June 17, 2013 (Albanian).