European route E97

E97
290px E97 south of Turkey-Georgia border
Route information
Length:	1,360 km (850 mi)
Location
Countries:	Ukraine, Russia, Georgia, Turkey
Highway system
International E-road network ← E96 E98 →

European route E 97 is an A-class European Route in Ukraine, Russia, Georgia, and Turkey. The highway runs for 1,360 kilometres (850 mi) in total. It connects the North Black Sea region with the South Black Sea region along the eastern shores of the sea.

Route description

The E97 has its start in Ukrainian city of Kherson and proceeds to Georgian city of Poti, intersected by a number of European routes. From Khershon it proceeds along uk (Kherson – Dzhankoy – Feodosiya – Kerch), and then it is interrupted by passage across the Strait of Kerch by the Kerch Strait ferry line between Port Krym and Port Kavkaz, Russia. Further on, the route switches to the federal motorway ru. Construction of Kerch Strait Bridge is planned to span the strait and replace the ferry link. In Russia, the E97 to Novorossiysk, along the M4 to Dzhubga and finally via the M27 motorway to resort city of Sochi, site of the 2014 Winter Olympics. Further south, the route proceeds through Georgia, spanning cities of Sukhumi, Poti and Batumi before reaching Turkish border. From there, it extends to Trabzon, Gümüşhane and Aşkale, where the E97 terminates. Between Trabzon and Poti, the E97 is concurrent with the easternmost segment of the European route E70.

Junctions

Country	Location	km	Roads intersected	Notes
Ukraine	Kherson	0	x20px E58/M14	E97 follows the M24
	Dnipro		Bridge
	Isjun
Crimea (disputed territory)	Dzhankoy		E105/
	Aivazovska		M17	E97 transitions to the M17
	Krym		Ferry / International border
Russia			Ferry Krym - Kavkaz
	Verkhnebakanskij		E115/A146	Route to Novorossiysk
	Novorossiysk		E115/M4	E97 transitions to the M4
	Dzhubga		E592/M4/M27	E97 transitions to the M27
Russia–Georgia	Veseloje–Kheivani		International border
Georgia	Poti		E70	Route to Trabzon
Georgia–Turkey	Batumi–Hopa		International border
Turkey	Trabzon		E70
	Aşkale	1360	E80
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi