M2 (Azerbaijan)

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M-2 in Azerbaijan
M2 (Azerbaijan)
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Basic data
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Start of the street: Baku
End of street: Qazax
Overall length: 514 km

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The M2

The M2 is one of the most important highways in Azerbaijan . The road runs in an east-west direction through the center of the country, from the capital Baku via Gəncə to the border with Georgia .

history

The M2 was part of the main road between Baku and Tbilisi during the Soviet Union and was extended by bypasses in the 1970s and 1980s , as this route was of great importance for through traffic. The part in Baku was modernized between 2006 and 2008 and turned into a motorway . There is also a short inner-city road tunnel . In 2009 the border crossing to Georgia was expanded and modernized.

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