Moskovskyi Bridge
| Moskovskyi Bridge Московський міст | |
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Moskovskyi Bridge | |
| Coordinates | 50°29′26″N 30°32′09″E / 50.49056°N 30.53583°ECoordinates: 50°29′26″N 30°32′09″E / 50.49056°N 30.53583°E |
| Carries | Automobiles |
| Crosses | Dnieper River |
| Locale | Kiev, Ukraine |
| Characteristics | |
| Total length | 816 m |
| Width | 31.4 m |
| Height | 119 m |
| Longest span | 300 m |
| History | |
| Designer | A.V.Dobrovolsky |
| Engineering design by | G.B.Fux |
| Construction start | 1971 |
| Opened | 1976-12-03 |
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The Moskovskyi ("Moscow") Bridge (Ukrainian: Московський міст) is a structure in Kiev, Ukraine, built in 1976. It is a cable-stayed bridge, designed by the architect A. V. Dobrovolsky and engineer G. B. Fux, with the beam of the main span being held by a cluster of steel ropes which are fixed to a 119 m (390 ft) tall A-pylon.[1]
As part of Ukraine's current decommunization process the bridge is nominated to be renamed.[2]
Overview
The bridge is actually a composition of two main bridges: a 816 m (2,677 ft) long and 31.4 m (103 ft) wide across the Dnieper, a 732 m (2,402 ft) long, 29.1 m (95 ft) wide across the Desenka (Desna distributary) and includes a road interchange at Stepana Bandery prospect and Heroyiv Stalingrada prospect.
The major feature of the bridge its pylon 119 m (390 ft) in height. It is located on the Trukhaniv Island and providing support for the main span across Dnieper River.
It is a key structure on the northern end of the Kiev Smaller Beltway, connecting Petrivka to the densely populated north-eastern residential neighborhoods. From the moment of its construction the bridge was built as a high-speed motorway, which it remains to this day.
See also
References
- ↑ "Moskovskyi Bridge". Wiki-Encyclopedia Kiev (in Ukrainian).
- ↑ (in Russian) In Kiev, "disappear" metro station "Petrovka" and Tolstoy Street: all the details, Segodnya (19 April 2017)
External links
Media related to Moscow Bridge at Wikimedia Commons