Krraba Pass

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Qafa e Krrabës
Curves on the south side of the pass above Elbasan

Curves on the south side of the pass above Elbasan

Compass direction North south
Pass height 800  m above sea level A.
circle Tirana Elbasan
Watershed Ores Shkumbin
Valley locations Iba Bradashesh
expansion Street
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Mountains Kodrat e Krrabës
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Krraba Pass (Albania)
Krraba Pass
Coordinates 41 ° 9 '57 "  N , 19 ° 57' 11"  E Coordinates: 41 ° 9 '57 "  N , 19 ° 57' 11"  E
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The Krraba Pass or Kërraba Pass ( Albanian  Qafa e Krrabës or Qafa e Kërrabës ) is a mountain pass in the middle of Albania over the Kodrat e Krrabës (Krraba hills). The pass is part of the national road SH3 and the European route 852 and thus an important connection between Tirana and Elbasan . However, the road is very winding and narrow.

The highest point of the route is at around 800  m above sea level. A. in a longer, rather flat section. The road does not cross the hilly area at the deepest point. The highest point is also not on a watershed. The height of the pass is often wrongly stated as 933  m above sea level. A. stated, but this corresponds to the height of the highest elevation in the Krraba hills, the Kulla e Gracenit . The road runs through the elongated western flank of this mountain.

The pass road was opened in 1933.

The Krraba Tunnel , part of the A3 motorway, opened to traffic in 2013, provides a faster connection between Tirana and Elbasan . The motorway is still under construction, but certain single-lane routes with oncoming traffic have already been released. At Krraba there is a connection from the pass road to the north portal of the tunnel; From the south portal to the start of the pass road near Bradashesh  west of Elbasan, a new road was laid, which runs east of the old road in a previously barely developed valley.

  • Just before the pass

  • The road in the mountain landscape on the north side of the pass, in the background the mining town of Krraba

  • At the top, the road meanders along a mountain slope for a few kilometers

Web links

Commons : Krraba Pass  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Official map 1: 50,000 of the military cartographic office of Albania, sheet K-34-100-B, Tirana 1990
  2. ↑ Akademia e Shkencave e RPSSH (ed.): Fjalor enciklopedik shqiptar . Tirana 1985.
  3. ^ Autostrada Tiranë-Elbasan. (Video) In: ABC News. June 3, 2013, archived from the original on June 8, 2013 ; Retrieved June 9, 2013 (Albanian).