Tavrida Highway

The Tavrida Highway (Russian: Таврида) is a Russian-constructed motorway in Crimea, designated as a federal route A291 by the Russian authorities[lower-alpha 1]. It is a four-lane motor road with a length of 250.7 km (155.8 mi).[1] Construction of the road began in 2017. The project's costs exceed 150 bln rubles ($2.3 bln). The construction is funded from the federal target program for the development of the Crimea and Sevastopol.[2]

Federal Highway A291
Route information
Length250.7 km (155.8 mi)
Major junctions
East end A 290 in Kerch
Major intersections
West endP 27 (67Р-1) near Sevastopol
Highway system
Russian Federal Highways
← A 280→ A 295

According to OpenStreetMap, the highway is partially concurrent with:

  • 35А-001 Граница с Украиной - Джанкой - Феодосия - Керчь, the Russian designation of the Crimean part of Ukrainian Highway M17.
  • 35К-003 Симферополь - Феодосия
  • 35Р-001 Симферополь - Бахчисарай - Севастополь
  • E 97

Notes
  1. Before January 2021 assignment of a highway number the road was also known by a sort of "provisional number", P260. See e.g. schematics of territorial planning of the Russian Federation as applicable to the Republic of Crimea and city of Sevastopol regarding federal transport (rail, aviation, naval, internal waters, pipeline transportation), roads of federal significance, energy, high education and health care (in Russian), position 7

References
  1. "Движение по 4 полосам "Тавриды" открыли на участке от Керчи до Белогорска". RIA Novosti (in Russian). Retrieved 1 July 2020.
  2. "Tavrida Highway in Crimea is ready by more than 60% - Russian Transport Minister". TASS. Retrieved 1 July 2020.
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