From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Transport in Georgia (country)
Transport in Georgia (country)
Main roads
Number E-road Route Length (km) Notes
[? 1] E60 / E97 Tbilisi – Gori – Kutaisi – Zugdidi – Sokhumi
[? 2] E60 / E70 Senaki – Poti – Kobuleti – Batumi
[? 3] E117 Mtskheta – Gudauri – Stepantsminda
[? 4] E60 Tbilisi – Rustavi
[? 5] Tbilisi – Sagarejo – Lagodekhi
[? 6] E117 Tbilisi – Marneuli – Bolnisi – Dmanisi
[? 7] E001 Marneuli – Sadakhlo
[? 8] E691 Khashuri – Borjomi – Akhaltsikhe – Vale
[? 9] E60 Tbilisi 54
[? 10] Gori – Tskhinvali – Java – Roki Tunnel
[? 11] E691 Akhaltsikhe – Akhalkalaki – Ninotsminda
[? 12] E692 Samtredia – Lanchkhuti – Supsa
For Soviet transportation, see Transport in the Soviet • Azerbaijan - yes - 1,520 mm (4 ft 11 5⁄6 in) with
Union. through 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 1⁄2 in) (Standard Gauge) line
proposed.
Railways • Armenia - yes 1,520 mm (4 ft 11 5⁄6 in)
• Turkey - yes - break-of-gauge with through
Main article: Georgian Railway
1,435 mm (4 ft 8 1⁄2 in) (Standard Gauge) line
total: 1,683 km in common carrier service; does not in- proposed.
clude industrial lines
broad gauge: 1,583 km of 1,520 mm (4 ft 11 5⁄6 in) gauge 2007
(1993) • February 7 - agreement signed for Kars-Tiblisi-Baku
narrow gauge: 100 km of 914 mm (3 ft) gauge. railway
City with metro system: Tbilisi (see Tbilisi Metro).
• In April 2005, an agreement was signed to build a Towns served by rail
railway from Turkey through Georgia to Azerbaijan • Poti - port
(see Kars Baku Tbilisi railway line) probably using • Batumi - port
1,435 mm (4 ft 8 1⁄2 in) (Standard gauge) supposedly • Kutaisi
so that it can eventually link with China. One • Akhaltsike
Georgian border station is Akhalkalaki.[citation needed] • Ayrum
• In August 2007, Georgia handed over the
management rights of the state-owned Georgian
Railway company to the U.K.-based company
Highways
Parkfield Investment for 89 years.[1] The road network in Georgia consists of 1,474 kilometers
of main or international highways that are considered to
Railway links with adjacent countries be in good condition and some 18,821 kilometers of sec-
ondary and local roads that are, generally, in poor condi-
• Russia - yes - 1,520 mm (4 ft 11 5⁄6 in) - via the
tion.[2] Only 7,854 km out of over 20,000 km of Georgian
breakaway Autonomous Republic of Abkhazia -
roads are paved.[3]
closed for political reasons.
See also: Georgian Military Road
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• Tbilisi International Airport
• Poti International Airport
• Batumi International Airport
• Mestia International Airport
Airports - with paved runways
total: 14
over 3,047 m: 1
National roads of Georgia 2,438 to 3,047 m: 7
1,524 to 2,437 m: 4
914 to 1,523 m: 1
External links under 914 m: 1 (1994 est.)
• Roads Department of Georgia (ENG)
• United Transport Administration (ENG) Airports - with unpaved runways
total: 14
Pipelines over 3,047 m: 1
Crude oil 370 km; refined products 300 km; natural gas 2,438 to 3,047 m: 1
440 km (1992) 1,524 to 2,437 m: 1
914 to 1,523 m: 5
Black Sea Ports and harbors under 914 m: 6 (1994 est.)
Batumi, P’ot’i, Sokhumi, Kulevi Oil Terminal
Notes
Merchant marine [1] Georgia Hands over Railway to Investment Fund.
Civil Georgia. August 16, 2007.
[2] Transport - Georgia
total: 17 ships (with a volume of 1,000 gross register [3] CIA - The World Factbook -- Georgia
tons (GRT) or over) totaling 103,080 GRT/158,803 metric
tons deadweight (DWT)
ships by type: cargo ship 10, chemical tanker 1, petroleum
See also
tanker 6 (1999 est.) • Georgia
• List of Tbilisi metro stations
Airports
28 (1994 est.) In February 2007 a brand new, modern and
fully equipped international Airport was inaugurated in
Tbilisi.
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