A180 highway (Russia) explained

Country:RUS
Type:A
Route:180
Alternate Name:Narva Highway
Map:M11 karte gross.jpg
Direction A:East
Terminus A: in Saint Petersburg
Direction B:West
Terminus B:Estonian border
Previous Type:A
Previous Route:167
Next Type:A
Next Route:181

Russian Route A180, also known as Narva Highway (Russian: Федера́льная автомоби́льная доро́га А180 «На́рва», Federal highway A180 "Narva") is a Russian federal highway that runs from Saint Petersburg through Ivangorod up to the border with Estonia by the Narva River, with the Estonian city of Narva on the opposite bank, which explains the name of the highway. It is part of European route E20, making its easternmost stretch.

Up until late 2010, it was designated as М11, which is now the number of the newly planned Moscow–Saint Petersburg motorway.[1]

Since the 2000s the road has been being gradually reconstructed to have four lanes instead of two and to pass around the congested streets of Kransnoye Selo.

The eastern stretch of the highway adjacent to Saint Petersburg, known there as Tallinskoye Highway (Russian: Таллинское Шоссе), is a part of World Heritage Site Historic Centre of Saint Petersburg and Related Groups of Monuments due to its historical significance and multitude of cultural and historical monuments along its course.[2]

Notes and References

  1. http://government.ru/media/2010/11/24/36980/file/928pril.doc Перечень автомобильных дорог общего пользования федерального значения, утв. Постановлением Правительства Российской Федерации от 17 ноября 2010 г. № 928
  2. Web site: http://www.d-c.spb.ru/archiv/9/2/1.htm. ru:Всемирное наследие: Санкт-Петербург и окрестности. Горбатенко. С.. Ardis. Russian. 17 March 2013.