Anti-wind fairings were installed on the road part of the bridge to Crimea
Crimean Bridge (Kerch Bridge) - a combined road-railway bridge from the Taman Peninsula to Crimea through Kerch Strait.
Project and characteristics
According to the project, the beginning of the route runs along an existing 5 km long dam and along the island of Tuzla. The next section of the bridge after the island crosses the Kerch Strait, while going around the most southern cape Kerch Ak-Burun from the bay and comes ashore in the area of Cementnaya Slobodka, not far from the mouth of the Dzharzhava River. Thus, construction is carried out away from the port and ferry and does not affect their work.
The bridge includes a four-lane highway capable of carrying up to 40,000 vehicles per day at a design speed of up to 120 km/h. For cars, transport communication with Crimea across the bridge is free.
The first train across the bridge is scheduled for December 23, 2019; it will depart from St. Petersburg from Moskovsky Station at 14:00 and follow the updated route to Sevastopol. Sales of tickets for the flight started in October.
Soon after the first train from St. Petersburg to Sevastopol, a train connecting Moscow and Simferopol will be launched. The service schedule is available in the official group of the Crimean Railway. By the beginning of the tourist season - May 2020, the railway connection will be expanded; you can view the routes by following the link.
Design load on two railway tracks Kerch Bridge up to 47 pairs of trains daily, both freight and regular passenger. The speed for passenger trains is 120 km/h, for freight trains – 80 km/h. Railway Along with the highway, it should ensure stable trade turnover and passenger transfer. Since October 2019, tests of railway structures have been carried out Crimean bridge, in November the adjustment of railway automation began.
Navigable arch spans with a length of 227 m and a height above the water of 35 m are provided to preserve navigation in the Kerch Strait.
Construction of the Kerch Bridge
The concept of a bridge between Taman and Crimean peninsula was completed by January 2015.
Since February 17, 2015, the only contractor for the construction of the facility is STROYGAZMONTAZH LLC (the subsidiary company SGM-Most was approved in March), the design part is carried out by ZAO Institute Giprostroymost-St. Petersburg. Before the start of work, about 600 hectares of land and water were cleared, and more than 700 explosive items from the mid-20th century left over from the battles were recovered.
Access roads, production sites, mobile concrete units, working bridges and camps are being created in the summer of 2015, while soil testing and environmental monitoring are being carried out in parallel.
By the end of September 2015, the first working bridge to Tuzla was tested, access to the bridge was provided for vehicles, and a month later, navigation buoys were installed in the Kerch Strait.
In December 2015, the slope on the Kerch side was strengthened.
The active phase of construction and, at the same time, the installation of access to the bridge on both sides has been underway since February 2016. The second and third temporary working bridges are being built.
The construction of pile foundations for the bridge supports on land began on March 10, 2016. The first support of the bridge on Tuzla (according to the project - support No. 173) was completed on April 12, 2016. By the end of May, a total of over 1,000 piles had been loaded into the base of the bridge.
The installation stage of spans delivered from Voronezh started on June 9 from Taman; started a few days later construction works in the water area. Since August 2016, the main shipping supports have been installed and the arch spans are being assembled.
By September 1, exactly 100 supports were installed, and by September 13, the temporary supporting infrastructure for bridge construction was completely created on each side and on Tuzla Island. By September 21, the first sea support was built; by September 24, a site was created future road- stove on Tuzla.
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The railway bridge arch was installed at the end of August, a cargo ship and a landing ship passed under it.
The road arch was completely installed by October 13. In November, the spit and the island of Tuzla are connected by road spans.
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On February 5, 2018, work began on the construction of sea spans for the railway.
March - April 2018, work was carried out on the equipment of the highway bridge: noise barriers, lighting, asphalting and installation of an automatic traffic control system, installation of lighting were installed.
Signs traffic installed on the Crimean Bridge in May 2018.
You can follow the further progress of work on the official website of the Kerch Bridge.
Dates for completion of the Kerch Bridge
The highway through the Kerch Strait - May 16, 2018 (according to the plan - December 2018).
Railway bridge - 2019.
Review video: Construction of the Crimean Bridge
Opening of the Crimean Bridge
The Crimean Bridge highway has been opened for transport ahead of schedule - from May 16, 2018. The day before, the grand opening of the bridge by Vladimir Putin and bridge builders took place: a trip across the bridge in a KamAZ truck took 16 minutes.
A reminder has appeared on the official website for the first drivers driving across the Crimean Bridge.
Map of the bridge across the Kerch Strait
On detailed interactive map the project website presents spherical panoramas of the construction site, the nearest important transport hubs are marked, specifications bridge. Visual materials are updated every month, which allows you to monitor the construction of the Kerch Bridge almost in real time.
Observation deck of the Crimean Bridge
Coordinates observation deck on the Crimean Peninsula - 45°19′28″N 36°28′24″E. On foot near the Kerch fortress. By public transport you can get to the Nizhny Solnechny microdistrict, then you will have to walk about 1.5-2 km.
From the mainland side, excursions are planned to the observation deck at the Monument to Soviet Paratroopers (the memorial is known as the “Lender Gun”), coordinates - 45°12′2″N 36°36′58″E.
How to get to the Crimean Bridge
The Crimean Bridge is already completely marked on Yandex maps. The A-290 highway passes through it, and buses pass through it.
Along the Crimean Bridge on Google panoramas
Video about the project
Video about the construction of the Kerch Bridge, 2018, turning on the backlight
The main event of October 2017 is the preparation of transportation of the road arch of the Kerch Bridge. For several more days (or weeks), the car arch will remain on the shore. During the operation to install the AD arch, navigation along the Kerch-Yenikalsky Canal will be blocked, as is the case with the transportation of the railway arch. When loading the arch onto the floating system, the permissible wind speed should not exceed 5 m/s, and during transportation - up to 10 m/s. Possible window
September 19, 2017. Bridge builders continue preparations for transportation of the second arched span of the bridge across the Kerch Strait. On the evening of September 18, the structure began moving along the roll-out piers and moved one and a half dozen meters. Today there is a foggy haze over the pier, but the fact that the arch has changed its location can be seen in the online camera installed on Mount Mithridates.
Bridge builders lifted the railway arched span of the Crimean Bridge onto fairway supports - to a height of 35 meters from sea level. The structure weighing more than 6 thousand tons was lifted using lifting equipment under the control of the leading engineers of the project. The process of raising the arch to the designed height took about 12 hours. The arch will be secured during the day.
An operation to install the railway arch of the Crimean Bridge is underway in the Kerch Strait
August 1, 2017 Today, the Minister of Transport of the Russian Federation Maxim Sokolov arrived in Kerch on a working visit. He got acquainted with the progress of work on the construction of a transport crossing across the Kerch Strait, telling reporters that the construction of the bridge is on schedule.
Today the weather in Kerch is not sunny, and there is occasional light rain. However, this does not interfere with the construction of the Kerch Bridge at all.
Spring - Kerch Bridge. TP Kerch, Fairway, Tuzla island May 2017 - Kerch Bridge, trip along RM-3. Installation of supports in the waters of Kerch.
Russian President Vladimir Putin held a working meeting with Russian Transport Minister Maxim Sokolov. The construction of the Crimean Bridge is proceeding somewhat ahead of schedule, the “equator” of work has been passed. Russian Transport Minister Maxim Sokolov reported this to Russian President Vladimir Putin. 284 out of 595 supports are ready. Another 170 supports are in operation. More than 34 thousand tons of span metal structures were collected. More than 6.8 thousand tons of metal structures of the arches were enlarged out of the planned 10 thousand tons. Work on the construction of reinforced concrete
March 1, 2017 The construction of the Crimean Bridge is carried out in strict accordance with the schedule and is ensured by the strictest quality control.
Neither frost, nor snowfall, nor even rumors on the Internet prevent the workers of the Kerch Bridge from continuing the construction of the century
<— декабрь 2016 Предновогодние морские 224А,225А,226А,227А. Видны ростверки, возможно с телами, но судя по высоте шатров — точно без ригелей
Crane assembly in the water area
<—- октябрь 2016 Строители транспортного перехода через Керченский пролив планируют возвести 200 опор до конца текущего года. Об этом в эфире телеканала «Россия 24» сообщил владелец фирмы-подрядчика строительства Крымского моста – ООО «Стройгазмонтаж» – Аркадий Ротенберг.
<—сентябрь 2016 (Фото, видео) 1 октября 2016 Растут металлоконструкции, обустраивается строительная площадка, в разных местах которой возникают или исчезают целые горы строительных материалов. На керченском участке установили временные опоры для сборки пролетов между 304 и 303 опорой, в бассейне 300-288 работает земснаряд, кучи песка между 302 и 301 и на площадке южнее пристани, намыты им. На стройплощадку завезли много металлоконструкций для пролетов до 299 опоры. Установка буронабивных свай заканчивает создание
<— август 2016 Ровно 100 опор возведено на сухопутных участках строительства Крымского моста. Сотой стала опора № 165 под автомобильную составляющую моста на острове Тузла. Она стоит на фундаменте из восьми трубчатых свай диаметром 1420 мм. Сваи погружены на глубину до 71,5 м вибропогружателем с последующей добивкой до проектной отметки гидравлическим молотом. Ещё около 140 опор находятся в работе 1 сентября 2016 Возведена 100-я опора моста через Керченский пролив вот
The official website of the Crimean Bridge informs that acoustic screens are being installed along the Crimean Bridge route to reduce noise pollution after the opening of traffic on the new road. Builders are installing noise-absorbing panels with a height of 3 to 6 meters in areas adjacent to the shores of the Kerch Strait. Comprehensive noise protection measures will ensure a favorable acoustic environment on the borders of the sanitary protection zone of the Crimean Bridge.
“According to the project, noise-absorbing screens will be installed on both sides of the highway in the areas where the bridge meets the coastline. In addition, such screens are installed along the bridge structure itself from the Sea of Azov on a section of more than 700 meters from the Taman coast, as well as from Cape Ak-Burun on a section of more than 1.3 km from the Kerch coast,” said the deputy head of the FKU Uprdor "Taman" Rosavtodor Kairat Tursunbekov.
The screens are load-bearing metal posts with three-layer noise-proof panels. The frame is made of stainless steel. The noise-absorbing element is made of mineral wool board. It is resistant to wind and moisture, fireproof. To prevent severe deformations from stone impacts, the panels have stiffening ribs with a frequency of at least one meter.
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The official website of the Crimean Bridge informs that similar screens will subsequently be installed in certain areas along the railway part of the Crimean Bridge. Another measure to reduce the acoustic load will be planting trees according to a special noise protection scheme.
When calculating comprehensive noise protection measures, experts took into account many factors, including the predicted intensity of traffic on the bridge during the day and night, the movement of air masses, the configuration of the structure, sound dispersion parameters, sound refraction from buildings adjacent to the bridge, etc. All necessary measurements were carried out at the preparatory stage, after which specialists formed measures for noise protection and protection of atmospheric air from pollutants, and then calculated and justified the dimensions of the sanitary protection zone as part of the approval of the Crimean Bridge project.
Noise barriers are also installed along the road approaches to the Crimean Bridge from the Taman Peninsula (on the right side in the direction of movement to the bridge). Acoustic “shield” with a total area of more than 25 thousand square meters. meters will provide a favorable acoustic environment on the outskirts of the village of Taman, located at the borders of the sanitary protection zone of the route. Similar work will take place on the Kerch coast.
Earlier, as part of the construction of the Crimean Bridge and approaches to it, in houses in Taman and Kerch, located near the borders of the sanitary protection zone, the existing glazing was replaced with reinforced glazing with an increased level of sound insulation. Thus, the builders of auto approaches on the Kerch coast installed noise-proof double-glazed windows in five 9-story and one 5-story residential buildings, as well as in a school and kindergarten. The total glazing area exceeded 4 thousand square meters. m, which required more than 2.2 thousand windows.
Crimean bridge across the Kerch Strait today: latest news. When will vehicular traffic open?
In connection with the plans of the builders of the Crimean Bridge to put the road part of the Crimean Bridge into operation significantly ahead of schedule, in May 2018 instead of December, the Ministry of Transport of the Russian Federation is considering a phased scheme for organizing traffic along the new route across the Kerch Strait.
At the first stage - immediately after the bridge is commissioned - the passage will be open to passenger vehicles and buses providing passenger transportation. The opening of traffic for freight transport is planned in the second stage - at the end of 2018, as was originally planned.
An exception is provided for freight and technological transport involved in the construction of the railway part of the Crimean Bridge. Construction vehicles will be able to move across the Crimean Bridge immediately after the opening of its road part.
The decision is due to the optimization of logistics flows during the peak summer season to reduce the load on the road network of the Kerch and Taman Peninsulas.
In particular, it is planned that in May, through traffic will be provided on the 40-kilometer road approach from the Taman coast (from the existing federal highway A-290 to the Crimean Bridge), without putting into operation transport interchanges with the local road network. At the same time, on the Crimean side, the auto approach from the Crimean Bridge to the interchange with the Tavrida highway will be ready for the opening of traffic in operating mode. Further traffic will go along two lanes of the existing Kerch-Simferopol road.
By the end of 2018, two new Tavrida lanes to Simferopol should be ready, and auto approaches to the Crimean Bridge will be fully introduced, which will allow temporary restrictions on the movement of freight transport along the route across the Kerch Strait to be lifted.
Fairings were installed on the façade of the bridge to Crimea to reduce the wind load on the arched span of the road section over the Kerch-Yenikalsky Canal, the Crimean Bridge information center reported.
“The fairings were mounted directly from the arched span, in a mode safe for navigation, without any restrictions for the movement of ships along the Kerch-Yenikalsky Canal. These structures will minimize the wind impact on the arched span and ensure comfortable operation of the road,” the information center reported.
The fairings, made of 190 elements of metal structures, form a kind of cornice along the façade of the arch, and are shaped like an airplane wing.
For the Kerch Strait, storm conditions with strong winds are a standard phenomenon, and in exceptional cases, according to the calculations of the project authors, wind speeds can reach 40 meters per second. “To prevent negative aerodynamic phenomena, specialized research and full-scale tests were carried out. The results obtained allowed us to design a certain shape of the fairings - like an airplane wing,” Crimean Bridge quotes the words of Victor Galas, deputy director for design at the Giprostroymost Institute - St. Petersburg.
Both arched spans of the Crimean Bridge - railway and road - were installed in their designed position in 2017, during unique maritime operations in the Kerch Strait. Their length is 227 meters. The under-bridge clearance, 185 meters wide and 35 meters high, allows the free passage of ships passing through the Kerch-Yenikalsky Canal. The height of the arches at the highest point is 45 meters from the lower belt (or 80 meters from the surface of the water). The weight of the road arch is about five thousand tons.
The bridge across the Kerch Strait, which will connect Crimea and the Krasnodar Territory, will be the longest in Russia - 19 kilometers. Car traffic along it was initially planned to open in December, but the builders said that they were ahead of schedule and traffic would begin in May.