A3 (Kazakhstan)

A3 in Kazakhstan
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Basic data
Operator:
Start of the street:	Almaty
End of street:	Öskemen
Overall length:	1036 km
of which in operation:	1036 km
Oblys ( regions ):	Almaty East Kazakhstan
Course of the road Almaty Almaty ring Meringue Schetigen Qapshaghai - South Qapshaghai North steppe Almatinskiye Chengildy Saryösek Balpyq Bi Taldyqorghan Shansugirov Sarqan Üsharal Ajagös Shangghystöbe Qalbatau Öskemen

The A3 is a motorway and a main road in Kazakhstan . The highway connects Almaty with Chengildy via Qapshaghai . The road is a four-lane road with separate lanes. The highway was originally a 2x2 road only between Almaty and Qapschagai, later it was extended to Chengildy and was given an A number. The highway is 115 km long. The A3 continues as a normal road to Öskemen in eastern Kazakhstan. The A3 has a total length of 1,036 km.

Street description

The A3 begins with the secondary road network from the city of Almaty and runs over a motorway junction to the north as a 2x2 city road. This part is the inferior part, the quality of the road surface is poor and markings are largely absent. The highway runs through steppes and past the city of Qapshaghai, the most important city on the A3 north of Almaty. The route then leads past the Qapshaghai reservoir and a dam; this part is more modern. North of Chengildy the road narrows to 1x2 lanes. The path then goes through some low mountains. In the east are high snow-capped mountains with peaks up to 4,600 meters. The A3 serves some industrial cities such as Saryozek and Taldy-Kurgan . Then the A3 leads through barren steppe, along the eastern side of Lake Balkhash . Then it reaches Ajagös , a regional center. There it is a ring road around the city. Then the A3 leads again through the endless steppes, through Kalbatau, where it crosses the M38 and reaches the larger city of Öskemen with 290,000 inhabitants.

history

In the times of the Soviet Union , the street number was A350, which ran from Almaty to Ust-Kamenogorsk (Öskemen). There are a number of industrial centers along the way, but practically no agriculture due to the dry steppe climate. Since the independence of Kazakhstan in 1991, the number of A350s has remained for the time being. In 2011 the A350 was renumbered A3.

The road at the time of the Soviet Union was built with 2x2 lanes between Almaty and Chengildy.

Larger places on the highway

• Almaty
• Qapshaghai
• Balpyq Bi
• Qalbatau
• Ajagös
• Öskemen

Web links

• The street on www.wegenwiki.nl