The total length of the M-29 automotive road is 1118 kilometers. The Pavlovskaya-Makhachkala road site is an integral part of the European route E 50. The Makhachkala - Border of Azerbaijani Auto Trench is part of the European route E 119 and the Asian route AH8.
At 229 kilometers of the road, the village of Kochubeevsky departs the road a-155 to Cherkessk - the capital of the Karachay-Cherkess Republic. At 233 kilometers of the Caucasus highway there is a turn on the A-154 road, which goes to Stavropol. At 559 kilometers from the city of Beslan, the third largest city of North Ossetia, there is a turn on the automotive road A-301 by the direction to Vladikavkaz. The route has an entrance to the cities of Armavir, Grozny, as well as the detour of the cities of Pyatigorsk and Makhachkala. The Federal Automotive Track M-29 ends at the State Border of the Russian Federation and Azerbaijan. The last settlement here is the village of Gaptsi, which is 6 km north of the district center - the village of Magarabent.
The road, with the width of the carriage of 8 meters, passes under mountainous conditions, and has an asphalt concrete coating along the entire length. On the road there are plots requiring special care from drivers, this is reported on the signs. At 1164 kilometer, the road enters the tunnel of 1.8 km long.
The track crosses several rivers, significant ones are: the city of Kropotkin Kuban River; River Terek at the village of Elhhotovo; River Argun from the city of the same name. Load capacity of bridges from 60 tons.
M-29 "Caucasus" is the main highway of the North Caucasus.
I traveled very little by car in Russia. Almost all the trips outside the Belgorod region were limited to the M-4 route (from Moscow to Krasnodar). I am from those who believe in stereotypes about "bad roads" in our country, and therefore I try to avoid trips on them. But in Chechnya we solidically decided to go on the car. Half the path (to Rostov-on-Don) promised to be expected good, but I did not find any unequivocal feedback on the "Caucasus" on the network. Therefore, moralefully tuned to a bad road, we went to the road.
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. After a few kilometers after the congress with the M-4, the track began to justify my expectations, narrowing up to two lanes with a very inhomogeneous coating. The navigator showed 700 more than a kilometers to the destination, and I was slightly angled. However, at some point we were lucky - the tuple that was involved with the included flashing tuples from seven police cars pressed the Rimnitsa of the Endless Broadgroes to the sideline and we were able to slip them.
2 . However, joy was short - in a short time, sites with repair work began to come across, and then I was completely naught. Somewhere near Tikhoretsky, the flow rate at all decreased to 20 kilometers per hour, and then all the movement moved to the roadside. "If it goes further, then I turn around and take you into the Crimea!"- I said Natasha. But, fortunately, my patience turned out longer than a narrow strip M-29, and at the entrance to the Novokubansky district, the asphalt sea was opened in front of us - a wide strip of fresh asphalt with separated flow streams. Total, "bad" were only the first 90 kilometers of the Caucasus federal highway.
4 . The mood has improved together with the quality of the coating, and the stereotype of "bad Russian roads" remained behind. From some moment, we even began admiration for the scale of road construction. Fresh Maps "Navitel", downloaded two days before the trip, could not always specify the route correctly. Sometimes the navigator showed that we are going through the field, although in practice this field has already been a good plot of highway. Somewhere after Mintor, we fell to the first of the sections with a resolved maximum speed of 110 km / h. They will fall a few more on our way.
Charging caused a plot of M-29, a length of about a hundred kilometers, running through the territory of Kabardino-Balkaria. And it was upset not as much as the quality of the road cover, how many pastries grazing behind each bush in the shoulder. In the Kabardino-Balkaria, the Kavkaz route consists of three strips (obviously, it was decided to save on a full-fed fourth). They interspersed - then two stripes for our side, then two for the counter. That is, the middle strip is such pockets for overtaking, the ability to slip up ahead of you with a row of trucks. On one of these segments, I caught - I saw an extension in front of the habit, I went to overtaking, but already completing the maneuver, realized that it was a strip to turn left. Diving from her in the right row, after a couple of hundred meters, I was stopped by happy men with a striped stick, gathered on the side of the sidelines an impressive column of the same "threaders" like me.
Here, for the first time in my Russian practice I had to give a bribe. In full - almost five years of the driver's experience with me, no one demanded a bribe, I thought that we already have this in the country. Yeah, how! Local guys taught me all the basics of extortion, and I, not wanting to spend time, looked off.
By the way, on the way back, we were also caught in Kabardino-Balkaria! Moreover, I realized that in the knowledge of the laws I was constructed, and disrupt the Kush for supposedly the "violation" did not work, the local cop (the language does not turn to call these fraudsters "police officers") Dotted to my outstanding fines and suggested going to the storage. As a result, hitting his original price tag three times, I was paid and left.
In general, I do not know anything about Kabardino-Balkaria, but now with it sustainably unpleasant associations. Therefore, no pictures. We uncured the camera only at the entrance to North Ossetia.
6 . In the Ossetia roads are also very actively reconstructed. Many fresh plots, many under construction.
7 . True, after the bridge through Terek there is a plot of kilometers in thirty (on the eye), which consists of only two strips. There is a good such vernian from Four. For some reason, we have practically no photos with bad sites, the desire to take pictures only the new segments of the motorway caused.
8 . For example, such. Somewhere on the entrances to Beslan, such a number of new junctions was built that even "Navitel" did not know about them.
9 . I also liked that in many areas of the "Caucasus" apply concrete barriers to dividing strips. It is very correct, it is a pity that such experience is not practicing in our area.
10 . Kilometers in ten from Beslan on the highway M-29 is a major checkpoint. Having passed it, we gradually began to notice that something had changed something in the surrounding landscape, but for a long time they could not understand what it was ... It turned out that there was no clearly designated border between North Ossetia and Ingushetia, not worth noting about it. But the contrast between Orthodox Ossetia and Muslim Ingushetia is in many ways in the architecture of buildings, in clothing and the appearance of local residents.
11 . Along the Nazran, the road stretches the narrow strip, on which it is often possible to meet "impenetrable" in their tranquility of cows. Another interesting local features are roadside poles, throughout the way painted in the colors of Ingush and Russian flags.
12 . Over time, we leave for a new road area. "Oh, we probably already in Chechnya" - Jam with Natasha. However, this is another Ingush Republic. The clear boundary between Chechnya and Ingushetia is also not observed.
13 . When there is no doubt that we entered Chechnya, the road becomes perfect. Good autobahn with 110 kilometers per hour per hour pleases us for quite a while.
14. On the entrances to Grozny, however, the road is again narrowed to two-band. Here, by the way, the serving majority tries to observe the high-speed regime, and at the intersections several times there were crews of DPS. But we have almost arrived and have nothing to do anywhere.
15 . Drive up to Grozny. Here M-29 continues to go straight, towards Dagestan. We will soon turn to the left.
16 . The last few kilometers to the city feature.
17 . On the unresolved areas of work go full.
18 . So we are in Grozny. 770 kilometers on M-29, of which most is a good and very good road. My fears about "one of the main Russian troubles" on the Kavkaz highway were in vain. I am confident that in the next few years, problem areas will also expand, put a new asphalt, where it is necessary, and this federal highway will not be worse than M-4. With bribery in some sites it would still be sorting out ...
Well, about Grozny and Chechnya, local roads and morals, I will tell you next time. By the way, you can ask questions about the Chechen Republic in the comments in the comments, I will try to tell you taking into account personal experience.
About M4 "Don", I think there is nothing to tell, all members of the community will pass it with closed eyes at an average speed of 110 km / h. Problems are the same - riming Voronezh and the Tarasovsky district, where a meat accident happened at the site of the narrowing before us.
On the territory of the Krasnodar Territory, the Caucasus is a conventional unpleasant Russian duplegy road, on each hill and turning the DPSNs. What is interesting, further quality improves.
Stavropol Territory is not remarkable. The road is good, there are many cops, but without reasons do not slow down. On the road from the area there are so-called resort towns Mineral waters and Pyatigorsk. Essentuki - a little further. It is not necessary to stop in these cities, and there are practically no places in zamuzganny hotels, but from the fact that there are some unthinkable money.
Kabardino-Balkaria. A small post of DPS, the stop selective, we drive. Suddenly, clear fourteenth and no less clear prions appear on the road. Toned, of course, in a circle. On subjective impressions in the republic prefer black
It goes either slowly or boldly - they are not shy to go out completely to the oncoming and get into the forehead to the latter. Ride in the runway - Zaplow.
And the road is improving everything - already a constant 4-strip road with a separator.
At the entrance to North Ossetia is the most serious post on the way from Moscow to Tbilisi. Broke all, including us. I first, still in Essentuki, planted behind the wheel mexdrive. To doubly distract the attention of the guits. The plan worked, but every next, even the most small post Ossetian, was our. Nobody watched the documents - did the view only.
Immediately after Vladikavkaz, mountains begin.
Before the gearbox "Upper Lars" was defended in the queue of hours 2, including due to mudakov, who consider their dignity to stand with everyone. On the reverse side, the same thing was worried. Back slipped without a queue.
PCT pass. It seems to be serious. The cabriolet did not hurt, but with Renja took the symbolic 500r for the passage without total inspection.
The Georgian checkpoint "Kazbegi" was not lied - you open the window, stretch the passport, smile on the webcam and drove calmly.
What is there in short
The M29 route "Caucasus" is an ohuenchik, no one out of money extorts and does not shoot in the head, at least in the site to Vladikavkaz. The most serious post is Kabardino-Balkaria - North Ossetia.
Beautiful and exciting route leading to the southern frontiers of our Motherland, replete with descent and lifts and numerous turns.
In addition, you will meet a variety of roadside motels, hotels and other places for overnight stays, which are located along the route in the Krasnodar Territory, Stavropol, as well as the Republic of Ingushetia, Chechnya and North Ossetia.
M29 (P217) "Caucasus" - the motorway of the federal value "Stanitsa Pavlovskaya Krasnodar Territory - Yarag-Kazmary" (the border of Dagestan with Azerbaijan). Until December 31, 2017, the Accounting Room of the M29 Caucasus may also be applied (Decree of the Government of the Russian Federation of November 17, 2010 N 928).
The length of the motorway is 1,118 kilometers. Squirting with M-4. The part of the road from Pavlovskaya to Makhachkala is an integral part of the European route E50. The plot from Makhachkala to the border with Azerbaijan is included in the E119 European route and the Asian route AH8. Plot from mineral waters to Beslan is also part of the route E 117
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