It is situated near Paşapınarı village of Havza, Samsun. The 280 and 260 m (920 and 850 ft)-long twin-tube tunnel carrying two lanes of traffic in each direction is flanked by 845–923 m (2,772–3,028 ft)-long Havza Tunnel in the north and 392–392 m (1,286–1,286 ft)-long Şehzadeler Tunnel in the south on the same highway.
The tunnel was opened to traffic on February 15, 2009 by Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan.[1]
