S5 (Georgia)
| Saertaschorisso mnischwnelobis gsa S5 in Georgia | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Start of the street: | Tbilisi | ||||||||||||||||||
| End of street: | Lagodechi | ||||||||||||||||||
| Overall length: | 160 km | ||||||||||||||||||
| of which in operation: | 160 km | ||||||||||||||||||
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| The S-5 near the border with Azerbaijan | |||||||||||||||||||
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Course of the road
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The S-5 ( Georgian : ს -5) is a main road in Georgia . It leads from the capital Tbilisi via Lagodechi to the border with Azerbaijan . In Azerbaijan it continues as the M5 to Zaqatala .
history
During the Soviet Union , the road was part of the A315 that ran from Tbilisi to Şamaxı and formed an alternative route to Baku . Two thirds of the A315 has been in Azerbaijan since 1991 and is numbered as M5. The rest are in Georgia and are numbered as S-5. The route from Tbilisi was modernized and expanded to 2 × 3 lanes. This piece of the road (10 km) is considered to be one of the most modern in Georgia.
