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Location | Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan |
Coordinates | 33°38′51″N 71°32′18″E / 33.64750°N 71.53833°E |
Route | N55 (Indus Highway) |
Crosses | Khigana Mountains |
Operation | |
Work begun | 1999 |
Opened | June 2003 |
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]