Podilskyi Bridge to be opened for cars in Kyiv: date set
27 November 14:15
on December 1, the traffic of passenger cars and public passenger transport will be allowed on the Podil bridge crossing over the Dnipro River. This decision was supported by the Kyiv City Defense Council. This was announced by Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko on his Telegram channel, Komersant ukrainskyi
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“In particular, there will be a newly constructed tunnel connecting the bridge crossing with the exit to Petra Vershyhora Street in the direction of Roman Shukhevych Avenue and the Troyeshchyna residential area,” Klitschko wrote.
The Podilskyi bridge crossing will remain closed for heavy vehicles for the time being.
He also reminded that today only special vehicles and passenger bus No. 111 are allowed to use the bridge.
The mayor also added that the landscaping and arrangement of the adjacent territory near the newly built tunnel will be completed by the end of 2024. This will be done without interfering with traffic.
The state of bridges in Kyiv
In June 2023, the National Security and Defense Council decided to inspect bridges across the country, with the situation in Kyiv being particularly difficult.
Earlier, transport expert Dmytro Bespalov said that the capital’s Metro and Paton bridges were officially recognized as inoperable. According to him, even this status does not encourage local authorities to do anything about it.
