The Tavrida Highway (russian: Таврида) is a

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Crimea Crimea, crh, Къырым, Qırım, grc, Κιμμερία / Ταυρική, translit=Kimmería / Taurikḗ ( ) is a peninsula in Ukraine, on the northern coast of the Black Sea, that has been occupied by Russia since 2014. It has a p ...

, designated as a federal route A291 by the Russian administration. It is a four-lane motor road with a length of 250.7 km (155.8 mi). 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

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. According to

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, the highway is partially

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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 *

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{{Russian federal highways Roads in Crimea