Kyiv Metro Bridge

Metro Bridge Міст Метро
Metro Bridge
Coordinates	50°26′34″N 30°33′54″E
Carries	Automobiles, Metro
Crosses	Dnipro River
Locale	Kyiv, Ukraine
Characteristics
Total length	700 metres (2,300 ft)
History
Designer	G. Fuks, Y. Inosov
Opened	1965-11-05
Location

The Metro Bridge (Ukrainian: Міст Метро) is the first metro bridge part of the Brovarsky prospect spanning across the Dnipro River in Kyiv, the capital of Ukraine. It was engineered by G. Fuks and Y. Inosov and constructed in 1965 with the expansion of the Kyiv Metro system. The bridge is used for both the Sviatoshynsko-Brovarska Line of the metro and for automobile traffic.

Overview

It consists of two spans as it links the Venetsiansky island as well as the left and right banks. The larger span consists of an elevated central metro span and side automobile spans on separate, lower estacades. Both the metro and automobile paths have a distinct arched contour. This was because the metro line continues into the hill of the right bank with the Dnipro station.

The smaller span called Rusanivsky Bridge, which links Venetsiansky island with the left bank, is a more conventional level estacade with two northern traffic lanes and a southern metro path.

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  View from the western bank of the Dnipro river

See also

• Bridges in Kyiv
• Nicholas Chain Bridge

External links

Media related to Metro Bridge at Wikimedia Commons