BAKU, Azerbaijan, October 15. The State Roads Agency of Azerbaijan has completed an overhaul of the 217-243-kilometer section of the Alat-Astara-state border with the Islamic Republic of Iran highway, Trend reports.
According to the information, this section, 26 kilometers long, was improved by the third technical category. The width of the road has been increased to 12 meters.
Excavation, drilling works, widening works to obtain the normative width of the road, construction of the foundation, and laying of new asphalt concrete pavement were carried out along the road following the technological sequence. Construction of drainage pipes and ditches was completed.
The existing bridges over the Pensarchai, Archivanchai, and Astarachai rivers were overhauled under the project.
The construction works were carried out following the requirements of “Construction Norms and Rules," by the planned schedule, and with high quality.
At the final stage of the project, bus stops, road signs, and horizontal marking lines were installed, after which the road meeting modern requirements was handed over to citizens for use.
Reconstruction carried out on this section of the Alat-Astara-Iran main road will provide comfortable movement, and facilitate transportation of cargo and passengers.
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