Kohat Tunnel

Kohat Tunnel
کوہاٹ سرنگ

The tunnel’s southern entrance
Overview
Location	Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan
Coordinates	33°38′51″N 71°32′18″E / 33.64750°N 71.53833°E / 33.64750; 71.53833
Route	N55 (Indus Highway)
Crosses	Khigana Mountains
Operation
Work begun	1999; 25 years ago (1999)
Opened	June 2003; 21 years ago (2003-06)
Technical
Design engineer	Sadrul Ola Rizvi (Project Director - Indus Highway NHA)
Length	1.89 km (1+1⁄8 mi)
Tunnel clearance	3 m (9 ft 10 in)
Width	10.3 m (33 ft 10 in)

The Kohat Tunnel (Urdu: کوہاٹ سرنگ, Kohat Surang) is a 1.9-kilometre-long (1+1⁄8-mile) highway tunnel under the Khigana Mountains between Kohat District and Dara Adam Khel Tehsil in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan. The tunnel carries northbound and southbound traffic along N-55 National Highway (Indus Highway) under the Kohat Pass. The tunnel is also referred to as the Pak-Japan Friendship Tunnel, as the tunnel was constructed in assistance with the Economic Cooperation Fund of Japan.^[1]