Pivdennyi Bridge (Kyiv)

50°23′41″N 30°35′17″E / 50.39481°N 30.58814°E / 50.39481; 30.58814Carriesroad traffic, MetroCrossesDnieper RiverLocaleKyiv, UkrainePreceded bynoneCharacteristicsDesigncable-stayed bridge, harpTotal length1,256 metres (4,121 ft)Width41 metres (135 ft)Height135 metres (443 ft)Longest span270 metres (890 ft)HistoryDesignerA. GavrilovEngineering design byG. FuxConstruction start1983Opened1990-12-25StatisticsDaily traffic6 lanesLocation

The Pivdennyi Bridge (Ukrainian: Південний міст - Southern bridge) in Kyiv, Ukraine was designed by the architect A. Gavrilov ("Mostobud") and a group of engineers headed by G. Fux, was built in 1990.

Overview

It is the second metro bridge in Kyiv, serving both the Syretsko-Pecherska metro line and road traffic. The cables holding the spans on the bridge are supported by a ferroconcrete double-column pylon 135 m (443 ft) in height.

The bridge currently has three traffic lanes in both directions (total of six). It connects the Smaller Ring Road around the center of Kyiv. The bridge is part of the E40/M03 and is formally an extension of the local Promyslova Street.

About 1.5 miles north from it is building a new bridge.^[1] In 2010 a railway traffic portion of that bridge was finished, while the automobile traffic was scheduled to be established sometime in 2011. The whole project, however, is supposed to end around 2015.

See also

• Bridges in Kyiv

References

External links

• (in English) Bridge profile at the International Database and Gallery of Structures
• (in English) Bridge profile at skyscraperpage.com
• LIVE Traffic webcamera (eastern portion)