The Tavrida Highway is a four-lane
highway
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in
Crimea
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, designated as A291 by the Russian administration, 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
Sevastopol
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.
According to
OpenStreetMap
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, 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
*
Gallery
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References
External links
{{Russian invasion of Ukraine
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