State road D.010 (Turkey)


D.010, aka Black Sea Coastal Road, is a major west-east state road in northern Turkey that serves the Black Sea coast. The route starts in the west at the intersection D.014, southeast of Karasu, Sakarya Province, and terminates at the intersection D.060, northeast of Kars in eastern Anatolia. However, it is discontinued between Zonguldak and southwest of Çaycuma. The gap of is on the highway D.750.
Connecting most of the coastal towns and cities at middle and eastern Black Sea, the D.010 runs through Ereğli, Zonguldak, Bartın, Sinop, Samsun, Ordu, Giresun, Trabzon and Rize. It leaves the coast at Hopa, Artvin Province and turns southeast. D.010 passes through Ardahan and connects at Akçakale, Kars Province to D.060, which leads in the east to the Turkey-Armenia border checkpoint at Akyaka, Kars. Across its length, it passes through 14 provinces of Turkey.
Between Samsun and Hopa, D.010 is a divided route named Black Sea Coastal Highway, and a section forms part of the European route E70.

Itinerary

In the table below the locations between Karasu and Sarp are shown.