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New bridge to be built on Azerbaijani-Russian border - minister

Business Materials 23 April 2018 15:56 (UTC +04:00)
An auto bridge will be built over the Samur river on the Azerbaijani-Russian border in 2019
New bridge to be built on Azerbaijani-Russian border - minister

Baku, Azerbaijan, April 23

By Ilkin Shafiyev - Trend:

A car bridge will be built over the Samur river on the Azerbaijani-Russian border in 2019, Azerbaijan's Economy Minister Shahin Mustafayev told reporters on April 23.

The bridge construction was launched in October 2017. Its length is 325 meters. The Russian side controls the construction work.

Previously, Russian media reported that the cost of the bridge construction will be 1.2 billion rubles and the project is financed jointly.

According to the press service of Russia's federal state institution Federal Highways Administration 'Kaspiy', the decision on construction of a new bridge was made in accordance with the agreement signed between the two countries on Sept.13, 2013.

The new bridge will replace the existing one, which was built in 1957.

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