Bridges · New construction
Kyiv, Pivdennyi Bridge across the Dnipro River
A two-tier cable-stayed bridge across the Dnipro, 1,256 m long with a 271 m main span. The first cable-stayed bridge of this scale built in the USSR. Combines road traffic with a metro line. Opened on 25 December 1990.
The largest cable-stayed bridge of the Soviet period, designed by the Kyivsouzdorproekt institute (chief engineer G. B. Fuchs). One of the main transport corridors between the right and left banks of Kyiv.
Technical characteristics:
total bridge length — 1,256 m;
main span scheme — 67+271+67 m (cable-stayed);
reinforced-concrete pylon height — 115 m;
bridge width — 41.5 m;
upper tier — 6 lanes of road traffic;
lower tier — Syretsko-Pecherska metro line (Vydubychi – Slavutych);
Structure: stiffening girder — steel box; stays — parallel-wire with PVC coating. One of the few two-tier cable-stayed bridges in the world.
Dates: construction — 1983–1990; opened to road traffic — 25 December 1990; metro service — 30 December 1992.
General contractor: Mostobud.
