Pivnichnyi Bridge

The Pivnichnyi ("Northern") Bridge (Ukrainian: Північний міст) is a structure in Kiev, 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
Coordinates	50°29′26″N 30°32′09″E
Carries	Automobiles
Crosses	Dnieper River
Locale	Kiev, Ukraine
Official name	Pivnichnyi Bridge
Characteristics
Total length	816 m
Width	31.4 m
Height	119 m
Longest span	300 m
History
Designer	A.V.Dobrovolsky
Engineering design by	G.B.Fux
Construction start	1971
Opened	1976-12-03

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 Kiev 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

• Bridges in Kiev

References

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

External links

Media related to Pivnichnyi Bridge at Wikimedia Commons