Metro Bridge (Kiev)

Coordinates: 50 ° 26 ′ 34 ″  N , 30 ° 33 ′ 52 ″  E

Metro bridge
The metro bridge over the Dnieper near Kiev
Official name	Міст Метро / Mist Metro
Crossing of	Dnepr
place	Kiev , Ukraine
construction	Reinforced concrete arch bridge
overall length	684 m
width	28 m
opening	November 5, 1965
location

The Metro Bridge ( Ukrainian Міст Метро / Mist Metro , Russian Мост Метро / Most Metro ) is an arch bridge over the Dnieper in the center of the Ukrainian capital Kiev .

Kiev Metro and lanes for road traffic on the bridge

Sculpture at the Dnipro metro station at the beginning of the bridge

The combined road and underground bridge has five arches and is almost at the site of the Nikolaus Chain Bridge that stood here until 1920 . It leads from the right Dneprufer ( Dnipro metro station ) to the Venetsianskyi Island with the Hidropark ( Hidropark metro station ) on top .

The chief engineer of the bridge, which opened on November 5, 1965, was the Kiev architect Heorhij Fuks .

The bridge has a length of 684.5 m, a width of 28 m and is located 20 m above the river. It has a two-tier structure. At the top there are two tracks for the Kiev metro , at the bottom the bridge has four lanes for road traffic ( N 07 ).

Web links

Commons : Metro Bridge  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Metrobrücke on structurae.de , accessed on September 20, 2015
2. ↑ ^{a b c d} Metrobrücke on unique.in.ua , accessed on September 20, 2015
3. ↑ Metro Bridge in the Kiev Encyclopedia , accessed September 20, 2015
4. ↑ Metro bridge on go2kiev.com , accessed on September 20, 2015
5. ↑ Bridges over the Dnepr at travelua.com.ua , accessed on September 20, 2015