Pivdennyi Bridge (Kyiv)

Pivdennyi Bridge Південний міст
Pivdennyi Bridge
Coordinates	50.39481°N 30.58814°E / 50.39481; 30.58814
Carries	road traffic, Metro
Crosses	Dnieper River
Locale	Kyiv, Ukraine
Preceded by	none
Characteristics
Design	cable-stayed bridge, harp
Total length	1,256 metres (4,121 ft)
Width	41 metres (135 ft)
Height	135 metres (443 ft)
Longest span	270 metres (890 ft)
History
Designer	A. Gavrilov
Engineering design by	G. Fux
Construction start	1983
Opened	1990-12-25
Statistics
Daily traffic	6 lanes
Location

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.

Traffic on Southern Bridge in Kyiv

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. 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

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)