Pivnichnyi Bridge

The Pivnichnyi ("Northern") Bridge (Ukrainian: Північний міст) is a structure in Kyiv, 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]

Pivnichnyi Bridge

Північний міст
Pivnichnyi Bridge
Coordinates50°29′26″N 30°32′09″E
CarriesAutomobiles
CrossesDnieper River
LocaleKyiv, Ukraine
Official namePivnichnyi Bridge
Characteristics
Total length816 m
Width31.4 m
Height119 m
Longest span300 m
History
DesignerA.V.Dobrovolsky
Engineering design byG.B.Fux
Construction start1971
Opened1976-12-03
Location

Until February 2018 the bridge was named Moskovskyi Bridge.[2] As part of Ukraine's current decommunization process the bridge was nominated to be renamed for almost a year prior to its new name.[3]

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 Kyiv 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
  1. "Pivnichyi Bridge". Wiki-Encyclopedia Kyiv (in Ukrainian).
  2. Kyiv's Moscow bridge renamed, UNIAN (22 February 2018)
  3. (in Russian) In Kyiv, "disappear" metro station "Petrovka" and Tolstoy Street: all the details, Segodnya (19 April 2017)

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