The road Maikop-Tuapse. Quality and condition of the road. Planned reconstruction

Gathering on the road, every motorist, first of all, will try to find out about the most profitable route, so that it would be short and comfortable. It's not for nothing that the forums are very popular on the Internet, where seasoned drivers who have overcome the Maikop-Tuapse road share their secrets and give advice on how to overcome all the difficulties of this path without problems.

Track М-254

If you decide to go to the Black Sea in your car, then it is worth solving several questions. The first, the most important: "Which route should I prefer?". In case the route runs through Krasnodar, it is best to use the federal highway M-4, passing through the Hot Key, Dzhubga and then proceeding as the M-27 highway along the Black Sea coast of the Krasnodar Territory to Sochi itself.

In principle, the M-254 is a branch of the federal highway M-27, connecting Sochi and Dzhubga. If your way is from Stavropol, Armavir, then to get to Sochi, it's best to take the road through Maikop on Tuapse, passing along the M-254 route on the route Maikop-Tuapse-Guzeripl. This will help you save a lot of time, since on the federal highway M-4 in the holiday season there are many kilometers of traffic jams, and the distance is much longer. But immediately I want to warn that the quality of the Maikop-Tuapse road leaves much to be desired.

The length of the route

This route passes through the Krasnodar Territory and the Republic of Adygea. The length is 225 km. The most popular route along this route is of course the Maikop-Tuapse road. The distance between these cities is 143 kilometers, which can be overcome in 2 hours 30 minutes. It is on this route that the Shaumyan Pass is located, which is considered to be the most uncomfortable part of the route, but it will allow avoiding idle traffic in traffic jams on the M-4 highway.

Many drivers are frightened that the route runs in the foothill and mountainous terrain. But, believe me, the picturesque landscapes outside the car windows, observation platforms with panoramas to the mountains and the surrounding area will bring you a lot of fun and diversify your vacation.

The state of the road on the Maikop-Shaumyan segment

The condition of the Tuapse-Maikop road according to the drivers' comments is satisfactory. Its width is 8 meters. It has, in comparison with other routes leading to the Black Sea, two advantages. The first, as mentioned, the lack of traffic jams. Second: a small number of GIBDD posts.

Maikop-Zazulin-Apsheronsk-Khadyzhensk-Shahumyan. The road on this stretch of road is good. A segment of Khadyzhensk-Shaumyan is considered to be complex. Practically, in comparison with the M-4 highway, there is no transportation. Before the Shahumyan Pass, the road goes to the mountains with large loops. Up to the pass, according to many drivers, there is a bulk gravel road Maikop-Tuapse. Machines slow down to 20-30 km / hour and slowly, in the dust, move to the pass. There is a feeling that there are a lot more cars. Although, according to the drivers, local motorists drive through the pass at high speed.

Shaumyan Pass

At the very Shahumyan Pass, the road has neither roadside nor fencing. In places it is protected by rocks and precipices. The gravel road goes up to the village of Shaumyan. On the very pass is an observation deck, which opens a view of the mountains and rocks. The view from her is so breathtaking.

Road Shahumyan-Tuapse

Shahumyan-Mountain-Turkey-Krivenkovskoe-Tuapse. After the settlement of Shaumyan, the asphalt road ends and the gravel road goes more than eight kilometers. After this stretch, the road becomes much better. It should be noted that the Maikop-Tuapse highway is not far from the railway tracks. On the pass, not far from the turkey station, one can observe how the railway train enters a special tunnel and creeps out of the mountain at a height of more than 30 meters.

After the village the route lies under a large old arched bridge, here the asphalt ends and the gravel road begins. Having traveled along it a dozen kilometers, you will see that the asphalt begins, which stretches to the very Tuapse.

Reviews

How do drivers treat the Tuapse-Maikop road? Feedback about the road is extremely controversial. Those drivers who constantly use this route, write that the difficulties are not so complicated and everything can be used to. Those who encountered the road for the first time, are divided into two halves. The first, agree to any difficulties, just to save time. The second firmly decide for themselves that this road will never again go.

There are amateurs among drivers who drive this road. They believe that the pass, which you move in 10 minutes, is not worth it to greatly experience, but the beauty here is pristine and fresh mountain air. The beauty of local places draws the attention of many users of this road, who agree to unforeseen difficulties, just to visit here again.

Reconstruction plan

Reconstruction of the road is not cheap. The point is that the M-254 is not a federal highway and the local budget should allocate funds for its repair, which does not have such money. The Maikop-Tuapse road runs along the Krasnodar Territory and the Republic of Adygea. Reconstruction of the road and construction of the tunnel through the Shaumyan Pass (built at the expense of the federal budget) has been carried out since 2000. Seven years later, the construction was stopped, as in 2007 funding ceased.

The transport situation has developed in such a way that many kilometers of traffic jams on the federal highway M-4 "Don" do not benefit the development of the Black Sea coast of the Krasnodar Territory. The Ministry of Transport and the Avtodor Group of Companies are planning the reconstruction of the Maikop-Tuapse road, and it is regarded as an alternative to the M-4 Don route. But users of this road should not rejoice greatly, as this road is planned to be paid.