Rruga shtetërore SH9

Rruga shtetërore / Rrugë shtetërore SH9 in Albania
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Basic data
Operator:	Autoriteti Rrugor Shqiptar
Start of the street:	Qafë Thana ( 41 ° 4 ′  N , 20 ° 37 ′  E )
End of street:	Border crossing Qafë Thana ( 41 ° 5 ′  N , 20 ° 36 ′  E )
Overall length:	3.2 km
Qarqe :	Elbasan Qark
Course of the road Starting point (3.2)  Border crossing AL - MK Further on  Under construction In planning  Map with all coordinates: OSM | WikiMap map

The Rruga shtetërore SH9 ( Albanian for state road SH9 ) is a national road in Albania . The connecting road, only a good three kilometers long, leads from the SH3 to the Albanian- North Macedonian border at the Qafë Thana pass .

Start of the road at Qafë Thana

The SH9 branches off from the SH3 at the actual pass. It then rises - high above Lake Ohrid - from the top of the pass ( 933  m above sea level ) on the ridge to over 1000  m above sea level. A. meters, later leaves the ridge on the eastern side and leads to the border crossing at 995  m above sea level. A.

The route of the SH9 corresponds roughly to a branch of the ancient Via Egnatia . It is also part of the Pan-European Transport Corridor VIII .

The SH9 is an easy road but in good condition.