(MENAFN- Trend News Agency)
BAKU, Azerbaijan, September 25. The new Aghband
road bridge between Azerbaijan and Iran will help carry out cargo
transit between the two countries easier and safer, Deputy Director
of Construction and Development of Transportation Infrastructures
Company (CDTIC), Mohammad Reza Kadkhodazadeh told ILNA, Trend reports.
According to Kadkhodazadeh, the construction of the mentioned
bridge, which has just started, will allow result in an increase in
transit opportunities in the region.
The official also added that Azerbaijan will get closer to the
Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic of Azerbaijan through Aghband road
bridge.
'Along with the construction of the border bridge between the
two countries, technical studies are also currently underway,' he
said.
Kadkhodazadeh noted that it is not possible to announce the
exact construction cost of this bridge until the technical studies
are completed. The exact cost of this bridge will be calculated at
the meeting of the joint commission of the two countries and will
be jointly spent by the two countries.
On September 21, 2022, a groundbreaking ceremony was held for
the Aghband road bridge on the state border with Iran in the the
East Zangezur Economic Region of Azerbaijan.
The length of this bridge, which will connect the Horadiz -
Jabrayil - Zangilan - Aghband highway with a total length of 112
kilometers to the highway network of the Islamic Republic of Iran
over the Araz River, is designed to be 216 m long and 24.5 m
wide.
The bridge is planned to have 2 traffic lanes and 1 pedestrian
lane in each direction. It is also planned to build a border
checkpoint that can receive at least 1,000 freight vehicles (for
export, import and transit purposes), with 500 entries and 500
exits per day in the territory of both countries.
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