One of such roads considered to be built in 1850 but the first highway that established around the residential area was located in Lachin region which was included to Elizavetpol Governorate (starting from 1918, its name was changed to Ganja Governorate).
During the period of Azerbaijan Democratic Republic, “Ministry of Roads, Post and Telegraph” was replaced that organization.
During and after ww2, the road construction process gained momentum and several highways built in this period such as Baku-Agstafa (1944-1945, 461 km length), Ujar-Zardab and Hajigabul-Salyan (1958).
[4] Currently, “Azeravtoyol” OJSC carries out the works in the automobile road industry according to the presidential decree signed on 9 March 2016.
[6] State Agency of Azerbaijan Automobile Roads have been cooperating with Asian Development Bank (ADB) since 1999 in many projects such as Second Road Network Development Program - Project 1 (Construction of Ujar-Zardab-Aghjabadi Highway), Second Road Network Development Program-Project 2 (construction of Jalilabad Shorsulu Highway and construction of Yevlakh-Zagatala-Georgia and Shaki Highway).