Saturday morning update on road conditions
Some highways are closed or difficult to pass in the territory of Armenia as of Saturday morning, the Ministry of Emergency Situations said in a daily road condition update.
Vardenyats Pass is shut down for trailer trucks and hardly passable for other types of vehicles.
Sotk-Karvachar highway and the roadways leading to the villages of Mirak and Charchakis in Aragatsotn Province are difficult to pass.
Sotk-Karvachar highway, as well as the roads in Ashotsk and Amasia regions are partly covered with black ice.
Drivers are strictly recommended to drive to regions exceptionally on winter tires.
According to the Roads Department of Georgia’s Ministry of Regional Development and Infrastructure, Stepantsminda-Lars highway is closed for all types of vehicles amid a threat of avalanche.
The General Department of the Russian Ministry of Emergency Situations in North Ossetia reports 286 vehicles, including 165 trucks, 120 cars and 1 bus, stuck on the Russian side.