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). [1]
The list of junctions
| Junction code
|
Location
|
Distance from
prev. location (km.)
|
Distance from
prev. location (mi.)
|
| K9
|
Çeşmeli (Summer houses)
|
|
|
| K7
|
Kuyuluk (West Mersin)
|
10.6
|
6.6
|
| K6
|
Mersin (North Mersin and Gözne)
|
14.5
|
9
|
| K5
|
Serbest Bölge (Mersin Free Zone)
|
4.8
|
3
|
| K4
|
West Tarsus
|
24
|
14.9
|
| K3
|
Çamtepe (Tarsus)
|
11
|
6.8
|
| K2
|
East Tarsus (Yenice)
|
2.1
|
1.3
|
| K2
|
West Adana
|
19.1
|
11.9
|
| K1
|
North Adana
|
8.6
|
5.3
|
| K1
|
East Adana (Kozan)
|
15.1
|
9.4
|
| K2
|
Misis
|
15.5
|
9.6
|
| K3
|
Ceyhan-Yumurtalık
|
23.4
|
14.5
|
| K4
|
Junction of O-52
|
11.5
|
7.1
|
| K1.1
|
Industrial region (Free zone of Yumurtalık)
|
7.1
|
4.4
|
| K2
|
Gözeneller
|
8.9
|
5.5
|
| K3
|
Erzin
|
2.4
|
1.5
|
| K4
|
Dörtyol
|
16.1
|
10
|
| K5
|
Payas
|
13.8
|
8.6
|
| K6
|
İskenderun
|
16
|
9.9
|
| K7
|
Çankaya (South İskenderun)
|
7.2
|
4.5
|
| K8
|
Belen
|
4.8
|
3
|
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.
References
