A new bridge over the Ob River in Siberia was officially opened last week, delivering a bypass project one year earlier than expected.
The four lane bridge in Surgat, which lies 2,700km east of Moscow, is more than 1.5km in length and has 15 spans and 16 supports. Its steel superstructure weighs in at 22,000 tons. The new bridge is part of Surgut’s southern bypass. This project aims to relieve congestion on the Yugorsky Bridge, a cable-stayed structure to the east of the city.
The new bridge at Surgat will alleviate congestion on the city’s only other Ob crossing. Credit: KSM
St Petersburg-based company KSM provided the bridge’s automated traffic management system and provided navigational signalling services. It also installed a structural monitoring system and the transport safety system.
