Travel time around the Sea of Azov will be reduced by five hours

The length of the highway "Azov Ring", which was described by Russian President Vladimir Putin during the direct line on December 19, will be 1427 km, including four-lane sections - 707.1 km, three-lane - 116 km, two-lane - 603.9 km. About it "Izvestia" told in the office of Deputy Prime Minister Marat Khusnullin.

The road will unite such cities as Rostov-on-Don, Taganrog, Novoazovsk, Mariupol, Berdyansk, Melitopol, Genichesk, Dzhankoy, Kerch, Taman, Temryuk, Krasnodar, Azov. The ring will include sections of the M-4 "Don" and "Tavrida" highways, while also linking the Crimean bridge.

The highway will also consist of already under construction and open road sections. On the instructions of the President of the Russian Federation, work is underway to link the M-4 "Don" road with seamless access to the Crimean Bridge, added in the office of Marat Khusnullin.

In September 2024, Deputy Prime Minister Marat Khusnullin reported that it is planned to finish the highway by 2030, and up to 600 billion rubles are allocated for its implementation.

"For the most part, the highway will pass in the existing corridors of roads of regional significance, but there will also be new sections, as well as city bypasses. Bridge crossings across the Don and Kuban, if they are required, raise questions, but these are quite solvable technical problems for road builders who have experience of the M12 and the Don," Ilya Ponomarev, an expert of the Public Council under the Ministry of Construction, told Izvestia.

After the completion of work on major repairs, reconstruction and construction of highways on the route around the Azov Sea, the travel time will be reduced by five hours, and the capacity will increase three times, added in the office of Marat Khusnullin.

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