The length of the road in Almaty region of "Almaty-Khorgos" is 304.4 km, there are 462 pcs. of culverts, 96 bridges and overpasses.
The road is designed for I B technical category, with an estimated speed of 120 km/h, with 4 lanes and 5m wide median strip, and with cement concrete pavement.
Designed "Almaty-Khorgos" road section passes through the territories of Ili, Talgar, Enbekshikazakh, Uigur and Panfilov districts of Almaty region, bypassing the city of Almaty in the North-East direction from km 24 of "Almaty-Oskemen" road with access to the border of China in the same corridor with the railroad "Zhetigen-Khorgos". The coordinates of the docking of the international transit corridor at the border are agreed with representatives of the Chinese authorities, border guards and customs control.
Construction term |
2013 – 2016 |
Length of section in Almaty region |
304,4 km |
Employer |
Committee for Roads MID RoK |
Designer |
“KazNIiPI Dortrans” LLP Kazdorproject LLP, Kazakhstanzholdary JSC |
Engineer |
Sweroad/Gauff/QPEC, DongSung Engineering Co. Ltd/Dong MyeongEnginering Consultants and Architecture Co. Ltd./ «Zhol Sapa» LLP |
Contractor |
Dogus Insaat Ve Ticaret A.S. & Gulsan Insaat Sanayi Turism Nakliyat Ve Ticaret A.S. (Turkey) JV «Todini & Impregilo & Kazakhdorstroy» (Italy/Italy/Kazakhstan) JV «Evrascon & МО-1» (Azerbaijan/Kazakhstan) OHL ZS (Czech Republic) |
Number of personnel |
3000 people, of which 2800 are locals |
Number of equipment and machinery |
1195 pcs. |
As of today the Contractors have performed the following type of works under "Almaty-Khorgos" road of the “Western Europe-Western China” project:
1. Cement-concrete mix pavement n-25cm -147.6 km
2. Base course from Crushed stone sand mix, 7% - 163.16 km
3. Subbase - 211.5 km
4. Subgrade - 20,040,220 m3