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Federal Highway A121
Федеральная автомобильная дорога А121
Sortavala Highway
Route information
Length	502 km (312 mi)
Major junctions
South end	A 118 in Saint Petersburg
North end	R 21 near Pryazha
Location
Country	Russia
Highway system
Russian Federal Highways
← A 120 → A 122

The Russian route A121, also known as the Sortavala Highway, is a Russian federal highway from Saint Petersburg to R21 highway in the Republic of Karelia. On the route Saint Petersburg – Sortavala – R21 "Kola" its length is 448 km. In 2017 a 54-km-long road section to Vyartsilya and Finland–Russia border became a part of the A121 highway increasing the total length of the Sortavala Highway to 502 km.

Gallery

• A121 "Sortavala" in Pryazhinsky District of the Republic of Karelia.
• The highway in Priozersky District of Leningrad Oblast. Smorodinka River (Volchya tributary) [ru] flows beneath the bridge on the 46th km of the route.
• A121 highway on the coast of Lake Ladoga in Pitkyarantsky District of the Republic of Karelia.
• A bridge over Tikhaya River [ru] in Priozersky District in Leningrad Oblast.
• An intersection with regional road 41K-160.
• The road passes through a forest near Priozersk.

References

1. "Участок трассы "Сортавала" от Приозерска до границы с Карелией открыт в Ленобласти". Interfax. Retrieved 14 June 2020.
2. "В Карелии капитально отремонтируют еще 13 км подъезда к российско-финской границе". rosavtodor.ru. Archived from the original on 2020-06-14. Retrieved 2020-06-14.
3. ""Сортавала" пошла в обход". Kp.ru (in Russian). Komsomolskaya Pravda. 30 October 2018.
4. "Росавтодор открыл движение по участку трассы А-121 "Сортавала" на границе Ленобласти и Карелии после реконструкции". rosavtodor.ru. Retrieved 14 June 2020.

• Roads in Leningrad Oblast
• Roads in the Republic of Karelia