Rikoti Pass

The Rikoti Pass (Georgian: რიკოთის უღელტეხილი) (el. 996 metres or 3,268 feet) is a mountain pass in the southern portion of the Likhi Range, a spur of the Greater Caucasus which divides Georgia into its western and eastern parts. The Tbilisi-Kutaisi highway connecting the two major cities of Georgia runs through the pass via a rock-cut tunnel of 1,722 m (5,650 ft) in length, which was constructed in 1982.[1]

Rikoti Pass on the physical map of Georgia

References

  1. Rikoti pass automobile tunnel to be granted on 20 years- term lease Archived 2011-07-21 at the Wayback Machine. Ministry of Economic Development of Georgia. Retrieved on April 17, 2008.

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