BAKU, Azerbaijan, October 13. The construction progress on the Shukurbayli-Jabrayil-Hadrut highway reached 87 percent, Trend reports.
The data from the State Agency of Azerbaijan Automobile Roads revealed that construction of the above highway, which is one of the road infrastructure projects implemented by the head of state in Azerbaijan’s Karabakh and Eastern Zangazur economic regions, is under way.
Originating from the section of the Hajigabul-Horadiz-Aghband-Zangazur highway, passing through Shukurbayli village, Jabrayil district, to Hadrut settlement, Khojavand district, it has a length of 39.7 kilometers.
The four-lane highway is being built in accordance with the first technical category. Its roadway is 14 meters, and the road base's width is 21.5 meters.
The construction of six road bridges at 2, 19, 20, 27, 31, and 39-km sections of the highway, 39 round pipes, nine rectangular water overpasses, 49 reserve pipes to ensure water outflow, and seven underpasses in order to reduce the negative impact on the environment is under way, including fauna, as well as the construction of concrete and stone barriers and bus stops in necessary places.
Currently, on a 30-kilometer section of the road, the construction of a roadbed has been completed in accordance with the 1st technical category, and on a 20-kilometer section, work has been completed on laying asphalt concrete pavement.
Excavation work along the highway has already been completed. Currently, construction of the road base and shoulders, as well as laying a new three-layered asphalt concrete pavement, are also at the final stage.
The construction of the highway is planned to be completed in late 2023.
The highway passes through the territory of the liberated Khojavand, Fuzuli, and Jabrayil districts and covers about 20 settlements in these districts, including Hadrut and Jabrayil city.
On October 19, 2022, with the participation of the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan, Ilham Aliyev, a section of the Shukurbayli-Jabrayil highway with a length of 14.2 km was commissioned, and a section with a length of 8.2 km was commissioned on May 5, 2023.