Going on a journey, each motorist, first of all, will try to find out about the most profitable route so that it is short and comfortable. No wonder the forums are very popular on the Internet, where experienced drivers who overcome the Maykop-Tuapse road share their secrets and give tips on how to easily overcome all the difficulties of this path.
Route M-254
If you decide to go to the Black Sea in your car, then it is worth solving several issues. First, most important: "Which route should I prefer?" If the path runs through Krasnodar, it is best to use the M-4 federal highway, passing through Goryachy Klyuch, Dzhubga and then going along the M-27 highway along the Black Sea coast of Krasnodar Territory to Sochi itself.
In principle, the M-254 highway is a branch of the M-27 federal highway connecting Sochi and Dzhubgu. If your path lies from Stavropol, Armavir, then to get to the same Sochi, it is best to use the road through Maykop to Tuapse, passing along the M-254 highway along the route Maykop-Tuapse-Guzeripl. This will help you to save a lot of time, since there are many kilometers of traffic jams on the federal highway M-4 during the holiday season, and the distance is much longer. But I immediately want to warn that the quality of the Maykop-Tuapse road leaves much to be desired.
Route length
This route runs through the Krasnodar Territory and the Republic of Adygea. The length is 225 km. The most popular route that goes along this route, of course, is the Maykop-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 Shaumyansky pass is located, which is considered the most uncomfortable section of the route, but it is it that will help to avoid idle traffic jams on the M-4 highway.
Many drivers are frightened that the track runs in the foothills and mountains. But, believe me, the picturesque landscapes outside the windows of the car, viewing platforms with panoramas of the mountains and the surrounding area will bring you a lot of pleasure and diversify your vacation.
The condition of the road on the section Maykop-Shaumyan
The condition of the Tuapse-Maykop road according to driver reviews is satisfactory. Its standard width is 8 meters. It has, in comparison with other routes leading to the Black Sea, two advantages. The first, as they said, is the absence of traffic jams. Second: a small number of traffic police posts.
Maykop-Zazulin-Apsheronsk-Khadyzhensk-Shaumyan. The road on this stretch of road is good. The Khadyzhensk-Shaumyan section is considered difficult. Practically, in comparison with the M-4 highway, there is no transport. The road goes to the mountains in large loops to the Shahumyan Pass. Up to the pass, according to many drivers, there is a loose gravel road Maykop-Tuapse. Cars slow down to 20-30 km / h and slowly, in the dust, move to the pass. There is a feeling that there are much more cars. Although, according to drivers, local motorists drive through the pass at high speed.
Shahumyan Pass
At the Shahumyan Pass itself, the road has no curbs or fences. In some places, it is protected by cliffs and abysses. The crushed stone road goes all the way to the village of Shaumyan. On the pass itself, there is an observation deck overlooking the mountains and cliffs. The view from it is such that it is breathtaking.
Shaumyan-Tuapse Road
Shaumyan-Mountain-Turkey-Krivenkovskoe-Tuapse. After the village of Shaumyan, the asphalt road ends and more than eight kilometers there is a gravel road. After this stretch, the road becomes much better. I would like to note that the Maykop-Tuapse highway runs near the railway lines. At the pass, not far from the station Indyuk, you can watch how the train enters a special tunnel and crawls out of the mountain at an altitude above 30 meters.
After the village, the track runs under a large old arched bridge, here the asphalt ends and the gravel road begins. Having passed along it a dozen kilometers, you will see that the asphalt begins, which stretches to Tuapse itself.
Reviews
How do drivers relate to the Tuapse-Maykop road? Road reviews are extremely controversial. Those drivers who constantly use this track write that the difficulties are not so complicated and you can get used to everything. Those who are faced with the road for the first time are divided into two halves. First, agree to any difficulties, just to save time. The latter firmly decide for themselves that they will never follow this road again.
Among drivers there are lovers of driving along this road. They believe that the pass, which you move in 10 minutes, is not worth it to worry much, but the beauty here is pristine and fresh mountain air. The beauty of these places is noticed by many users of this road, who agree to unforeseen difficulties, if only to visit here again.
Reconstruction plan
Reconstruction of the road is not cheap. The thing is that the M-254 highway is not federal and the local budget, which does not have such money, should allocate funds for its repair. The Maykop-Tuapse road runs through the Krasnodar Territory and the Republic of Adygea. Reconstruction of the road and the construction of a tunnel through the Shaumyansky pass (built at the expense of the federal budget) has been underway since 2000 . Seven years later, construction was stopped, since in 2007 funding stopped.
The transport situation has developed in such a way that multi-kilometer 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 Avtodor Group of Companies are planning the reconstruction of the Maykop-Tuapse road, and it is considered as an alternative to the M-4 Don highway. But users of this road should not be very happy, as they plan to make this road toll.