S4 (Georgia)
| Saertaschorisso mnischwnelobis gsa S4 in Georgia | ||||||||||||||||
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| Start of the street: | Tbilisi | |||||||||||||||
| End of street: | Rustavi | |||||||||||||||
| Overall length: | 65 km | |||||||||||||||
| of which in operation: | 65 km | |||||||||||||||
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The S4 ( Georgian ს 4 ) is an international trunk road (Georgian საერთაშორისო მნიშვნელობის გზა , Saertaschorisso mnischwnelobis gsa ) in Georgia . It runs from the capital Tbilisi via Rustavi to the border with Azerbaijan . In Azerbaijan, the road continues as M2 via Gəncə to Baku .
Between Tbilisi and Rustavi it is built like a motorway. Between the confluence of the Tiflisser bypass marked as S9 northwest of Rustavi and the border crossing to Azerbaijan, the S7 is part of the European route 60 . From the junction of the bypass road to the junction of the S6 in the south-east of Tbilisi, the road is part of the European route 117 for about ten kilometers .
history
Since the 12th century there has been a bridge over the Chrami River at the height of the current border crossing . The bridge was replaced in the 17th century and was the primary link between Georgia and Azerbaijan until 1998. It was replaced in 1998 by a bridge a little further to the west. The old bridge from the 17th century still exists and is known as the “Red Bridge” because of its color (Georgian წითელი ხიდი , Ziteli chidi; Azerbaijani Qırmızı Körperü; Russian Красный мост , Krasny most ). The border crossing, which was modernized by 2009, also bears this name.
During the Soviet Union , the road was part of the M27, which ran from Baku to Novorossiysk over a length of over 1,400 km. Since 1991 the M27 has been in three countries: Russia , Georgia and Azerbaijan. In Russia it initially retained the old designation M27 (since the 1990s from Dschubga part of the newly routed M4 , the remainder since 2010 A147 ). In Georgia it was renumbered as S1 (from Tbilisi to the west) and S4. In Azerbaijan it was named M4 between Baku and Mingəçevir , the short stretch between Mingəçevir and Yevlax is part of the M5 and the further section to the Georgian border is part of the M2.
