![Traffic congestion along Trans-Caucasian Mainline](https://img.sputnikimages.com/images/vol1%2Fmedia%2Foriginal%2Fold%2F38%2F02%2F380267_hires_0%3A0%3A0%3A0_1400x1000_80_10_1_IzM4MDI2Nw%3D%3D_116%3A95_sputnik-380267-preview_bf735f020e7b24872c02645580642c37.jpg)
![Traffic congestion along Trans-Caucasian Mainline](https://img.sputnikimages.com/images/vol1%2Fmedia%2Foriginal%2Fold%2F38%2F02%2F380267_hires_0%3A0%3A0%3A0_1400x1000_80_10_1_IzM4MDI2Nw%3D%3D_116%3A95_sputnik-380267-preview_bf735f020e7b24872c02645580642c37.jpg)
Heavy equipment removing snowdrifts along the Trans-Caucasian Mainline. Nine avalanches have descended on the road which was closed on March 14 due to heavy snowfalls.
- Categories: Environmental Issues, Disasters & Accidents, Science & Technology
- Location: Republic of Northern Ossetia-Alania, Russia
- Event date: 15.03.2009
- Date published: 15.03.2009
- Credit: Sputnik
- Source: Sputnik
- Original: Digital
- Media: JPEG, 2362x1586px, 943.4Kb