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Moskovskyi Bridge

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Carries
  
Automobiles

Locale
  
Kiev, Ukraine

Designer
  
A.V.Dobrovolsky

Height
  
119 m

Width
  
31 m

Location
  
Kiev

Crosses
  
Dnieper River

Longest span
  
300 m

Engineering design by
  
G.B.Fux

Opened
  
3 December 1976

Total length
  
816 m

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Architects
  
Georgy Fuks, Anatoly Dobrovolsky

Similar
  
Pivdennyi Bridge, Kiev Fortress, Valeriy Lobanovskyi Dynamo, Poshtova Ploshcha, Hydropark in Kiev

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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.

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Map of Moskovs'kyi Bridge, Kyiv, Ukraine

Moskovskyi bridge


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.

References

Moskovskyi Bridge Wikipedia


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