(MENAFN- Trend News Agency) FUZULI, Azerbaijan, May 14. Mediarepresentatives have viewed building progress on Azerbaijan'sAhmadbayli-Fuzuli-Shusha highway, Trend's Karabakh bureau reports.
The representatives visited the first tunnel, the opening ofwhich took place with the participation of the President of theRepublic of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev.
Engineer for Karabakh projects of the State Agency of AzerbaijanAutomobile Roads, Eyyub Huseynov, said that the construction of theAhmadbeyli-Fuzuli-Shusha highway rapidly continues.
"The total length of the road is 81.7 km, 19.3 km shorter thanthe Victory Road [alternate road to Shusha, commissioned inNovember 2021]. It's a first-class road with four to six lanes, 194 culverts of various diameters, 38 underpasses, 11bridges, seven tunnels, and nine viaducts are built.
The combined length of bridges is 1,557 meters; viaducts are1,965 meters; and tunnels are around 6,450 meters in onedirection," he noted.
The official also mentioned that out of seven automobile tunnelswith a total length of 12.7 kilometers (right and left directions)planned for the project, drilling work has been completed in sixtunnels.
"Currently, interior tunnel work is ongoing. The main work onthe Ahmadbayli-Fuzuli-Shusha highway will be completed this year year, ventilation, lighting, illumination along each lane, androad marking will be finalized in the tunnels. Currently, the routethrough the opened tunnel is one km shorter and eliminates the needfor over 10 turns and descents," he added.
To note, the Ahmadbayli-Fuzuli-Shusha highway originates fromthe Hajigabul-Horadiz-Aghband-Zangezur highway and connects theliberated Fuzuli, Khojavand, Khojaly, and Shusha districts.
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