The Rikoti Pass ( ka, რიკოთის უღელტეხილი) (el. ) is a mountain pass in the southern portion of the

Likhi Range Likhi Range ( ka, ლიხის ქედი, tr) or Surami Range ( ka, სურამის ქედი, tr) is a mountain range in Georgia, a part of the Caucasus mountains. It connects the Greater Caucasus and Lesser Caucasus ranges and be ...

, a spur of the

Greater Caucasus The Greater Caucasus ( az, Böyük Qafqaz, Бөјүк Гафгаз, بيوک قافقاز; ka, დიდი კავკასიონი, ''Didi K’avk’asioni''; russian: Большой Кавказ, ''Bolshoy Kavkaz'', sometimes translat ...

which divides

Georgia Georgia most commonly refers to: * Georgia (country), a country in the Caucasus region of Eurasia * Georgia (U.S. state), a state in the Southeast United States Georgia may also refer to: Places Historical states and entities * Related to the ...

into its western and eastern parts. The

Tbilisi Tbilisi ( ; ka, თბილისი ), in some languages still known by its pre-1936 name Tiflis ( ), is the capital and the largest city of Georgia, lying on the banks of the Kura River with a population of approximately 1.5 million p ...

- Kutaisi highway connecting the two major cities of Georgia runs through the pass via a rock-cut tunnel of in length, which was constructed in 1982.Rikoti pass automobile tunnel to be granted on 20 years- term lease
. Ministry of Economic Development of Georgia. Retrieved on April 17, 2008.

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