The Russian route R254 is a federal highway in

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and

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and is part of the

Baikal Highway The Baikal Highway is a federal highway in Russia. Its official designation is federal highway R258 "Baikal" (). It is part of the Trans-Siberian Highway and of the AH6 route of the Asian Highway Network. It is named after the Russian Lake Baika ...

(which is part of the

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Chelyabinsk Chelyabinsk; , is the administrative center and largest types of inhabited localities in Russia, city of Chelyabinsk Oblast, Russia. It is the List of cities and towns in Russia by population, seventh-largest city in Russia, with a population ...

through

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, and

Omsk Omsk (; , ) is the administrative center and largest types of inhabited localities in Russia, city of Omsk Oblast, Russia. It is situated in southwestern Siberia and has a population of over one million. Omsk is the third List of cities and tow ...

until

Novosibirsk Novosibirsk is the largest city and administrative centre of Novosibirsk Oblast and the Siberian Federal District in Russia. As of the 2021 Russian census, 2021 census, it had a population of 1,633,595, making it the most populous city in Siber ...

, with a total length of . The Chelyabinsk-Omsk stretch is also included into the

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. Before 2018, the route was known as the M51.

Major cities

Gallery

Реконструкция Р-254 «Иртыш» на участке км 1392-1422 · 3.jpg, Reconstruction of R-254 "Irtysh" on the section km 1392–1422 in May 2020. Реконструкция Р-254 «Иртыш» на участке км 1392-1422 · 4.jpg

References

Transport in Siberia Roads in Siberia Constituent roads of European route E30 {{russia-road-stub