14 km of excavation works have been completed in the Murovdag tunnel with a total length of 23.4 km.
XQ was informed about this by the State Agency of Azerbaijan Highways.
According to the order of President Ilham Aliyev, one of the important road infrastructure projects implemented in the territory of Karabakh and Eastern Zangezur economic regions is the 82 km long Toganali-Kalbajar-Istisu highway.
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The project length of the highway connecting Goygol and Kalbajar regions is 56 km from Toganali-Kalbajar and 26 km from Kalbajar-Istisu. From the 13th km section of the Toganali-Kalbajar project, the Murovdag range begins, and the height increases from 1,700 m to the top of Murovdag to 3,260 m.
In this part, the construction of the Murovdag tunnel (L=23.4 km), which will be one of the longest car tunnels in the world, is being continued. The tunnel will have 2 traffic lanes in one direction and will be 10 meters wide. Additionally, the construction of 4 tunnels with lengths of 561.2 m, 626.9 m, 500 m and 947.9 m is being carried out.
The construction of 6 junctions with a total length of 2,968 meters and 36 connecting roads with a total length of 5,600 meters is also underway under the project.
Toğanalı-Kalbajar-Istisu highway takes its starting point from Toğanalı village of Goygol district and passes through the territory of Kalbajar district, which was freed from occupation. In this way, it will provide easy access to the district center and the famous Istisu area along with many residential areas of the said district.
