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The '''Transcaucasian Highway''' ({{langx|ru|Транскавказская автомагистраль}}) or '''TransKAM''' (ТрансКАМ) is a mountain highway in the [[South Caucasus]] region, connecting [[southern Russia]] and [[Georgia (country)|Georgia]].

==Geography==
[[File:A164 highway (Russia) 29 km (Republic of North Ossetia).jpg|thumb|[[A164 highway (Russia)|A164 highway]] in [[North Ossetia–Alania]], Russia.]]
As the [[A164 highway (Russia)|A164 highway]], it crosses the [[Greater Caucasus]] mountain range through the [[Roki Tunnel]], connecting [[North Ossetia–Alania]] and Russia with [[South Ossetia]] and Georgia. In the winter months the road is often closed due to the danger of [[avalanche]]s.

In Georgia, the highway begins in [[Gori, Georgia|Gori]] as [[S10 highway (Georgia)|S10 highway]]. It then crosses to Russia through the [[Roki Tunnel]] as road R297 to [[Alagir]].

==History==
It was built by the [[Soviet Union]] (USSR) between 1971 and 1986, as an alternative to the older [[Georgian Military Road]] and [[Ossetian Military Road]], to connect the USSR and the [[Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic]]. 

Since the breakaway of [[South Ossetia]] from Georgia in August 2008, crossing from Georgia to South Ossetia at [[Tskhinvali]] is not possible.

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[[Category:Roads in Georgia (country)]]
[[Category:Roads in Russia]]
[[Category:South Caucasus]]
[[Category:International road networks]]
[[Category:Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic]]
[[Category:Transport in North Ossetia–Alania]]
[[Category:Roads in South Ossetia]]
[[Category:1981 establishments in the Soviet Union]]
[[Category:1981 establishments in Georgia (country)]]


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