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The Rustaveli Avenue reconstruction features three unpredictable elements. First, no one knows when it will be finished—but that's okay. Second, no one knows what will be discovered (so far, the catacombs of Melik Azaryants' house and a 10th-century ceramic workshop have made headlines). Third, no one knows where you can safely cross it. During construction, the site is cordoned off rather loosely, and pedestrians, cyclists, and the occasional adrenaline-seeking driver weave right under the excavator buckets.