Volgograd Bridge

Bridge under construction, April 2009

View from the car on top of Volgograd Bridge, March 2010)

Volgograd Bridge (Russian: Волгоградский мост) is a concrete girder bridge over the Volga River in the city of Volgograd, Russia. The bridge and adjacent flyovers are 7,110 meters long. The bridge, which was inaugurated October 10, 2009 after 13 years of construction, is a key part of a planned 30-kilometer highway route that also includes a future bridge over the Akhtuba River.

Current state

Currently, a single span (a second is still under construction) connects Mamayev Kurgan on the right (western) bank of the Volga with the road to Krasnoslobodsk on a spit between the Volga and the Akhtuba. It is the first bridge over the Volga in Volgograd Oblast; previously, the only automobile route over the river in the region passed over the Volga Hydroelectric Station dam.

Oscillations due to wind

On May 20, 2010, authorities closed the bridge to all motor traffic due to strong oscillations caused by windy conditions. The bridge remained closed while it was inspected for damage until the morning of May 25. It was now reopened for public access.

Panorama of the bridge

See also

• List of longest bridges in the world
• Tacoma Narrows Bridge (1940)

External links

• Volgograd Bridge experiencing oscillations, via RT This video is manipulated and false representation of event. It does show in the concrete not breaking as it "elongates" on the bridge side and sidewalk. Also that you will see a pedestrian walking naturally on the bridge as if nothing was going on.
• "Ivanov otkryl v Volgograde samyi bolshoy most v Evrope (Иванов открыл в Волгограде самый большой мост в Европе" (in Russian). Vesti. http://www.vesti.ru/doc.html?id=319840. Retrieved 2009-10-10. 
• "Most cherez Volgu vsyo-taki otkrili (Мост через Волгу все-таки открыли)" (in Russian). Komsomolskaya Pravda. http://volgograd.kp.ru/daily/24375/556969/. Retrieved 2009-10-10. 
• "Most cherez Volgu, stroyushisya v Vologograd boleye 10 let, otkroyut (Мост через Волгу, строящийся в Волгограде более 10 лет, откроют)" (in Russian). RIA Novosti. http://www.rian.ru/society/20091010/188229867.html. Retrieved 2009-10-10.