BAKU, Azerbaijan, September 25. The brand new Aghband
highway bridge between Azerbaijan and Iran will assist perform cargo
transit between the 2 international locations simpler and safer, Deputy Director
of Building and Improvement of Transportation Infrastructures
Firm (CDTIC), Mohammad Reza Kadkhodazadeh instructed ILNA, Development reviews.
Based on Kadkhodazadeh, the development of the talked about
bridge, which has simply began, will enable lead to a rise in
transit alternatives within the area.
The official additionally added that Azerbaijan will get nearer to the
Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic of Azerbaijan by Aghband highway
bridge.
“Together with the development of the border bridge between the
two international locations, technical research are additionally at the moment underway,” he
mentioned.
Kadkhodazadeh famous that it’s not doable to announce the
actual development price of this bridge till the technical research
are accomplished. The precise price of this bridge will likely be calculated at
the assembly of the joint fee of the 2 international locations and can
be collectively spent by the 2 international locations.
On September 21, 2022, a groundbreaking ceremony was held for
the Aghband highway bridge on the state border with Iran within the the
East Zangezur Financial Area of Azerbaijan.
The size of this bridge, which is able to join the Horadiz –
Jabrayil – Zangilan – Aghband freeway with a complete size of 112
kilometers to the freeway community of the Islamic Republic of Iran
over the Araz River, is designed to be 216 m lengthy and 24.5 m
huge.
The bridge is deliberate to have 2 site visitors lanes and 1 pedestrian
lane in every route. It’s also deliberate to construct a border
checkpoint that may obtain a minimum of 1,000 freight autos (for
export, import and transit functions), with 500 entries and 500
exits per day within the territory of each international locations.
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