Where the Kirovsky Bridge in Samara is now located, once in the fifties of the last century there was a ferry across the river. In those days, this territory was in the zone of interests of the NKVD. At the moment, the modern bridge crossing is a wide, clean road without traffic jams, and driving along it cheers up Samara motorists.
Construction
The construction of this structure across the Samarka River began in 2007. The cost of this facility amounted to approximately twelve billion rubles, eight of which were allocated from the federal budget.
Kirovsky bridge in Samara, together with all approaches and interchanges, has a total length of about eleven kilometers. Traffic along it is organized into six lanes, each of which has a width of about four meters. Cars can move in two directions.
Kirovsky bridge in Samara is presented in the form of a screw structure and can passup to thirty thousand cars per day. It became the third crossing over the river. The first was built back in 1954, the second - in 1974, and only forty years later the city authorities decided to build this building. All residents were looking forward to the opening of the Kirov Bridge. Samara was in dire need of a new roadway across the river so that it could unload the rest and thereby avoid traffic jams, but the start date for its operation was postponed several times.
Where can I go?
This crossing was built to develop the left-bank part of the city and provide access to highways such as the M5 leading to the Urals, as well as to Chimkent and other federal roads.
Currently, the Kirovsky Bridge in Samara can lead motorists to the village of Chernorechye, from where you can drive to Belozerka and Nikolaevka. Through it you can also get to Novokuibyshevsk. But in this case, the road will be twenty-five kilometers longer than through the Southern crossing. Also, everyone is waiting for the opening of the Kirov Bridge (Samara), or rather its 2.5 km section, which will lead to the bypass road. City officials promise that this event should take place next year.
Getting Started
The grand opening of the Kirovsky Bridge in Samara took place on October 10, 2014. All residents were waiting for this moment, since this object was built for seven whole years. But due to late funding, it was still not possible to complete all the access roads to it.
The opening was attended by the Governor of Samararegion and the Minister of Transport Affairs of Russia. They were also very happy about such a grand event, which took place on the eve of Motorist Day.
The opening of the Kirovsky Bridge in Samara allowed the regional capital not only to get an alternative exit from the city, but also to develop and further build up the territory beyond the river. Therefore, this object is of strategic importance.
The first to cross the bridge that day were its builders on their special equipment, while a line of cars gathered at the entrance to it, wishing to pass through the bridge at the very moment of its opening. They were ready to wait not even a minute, but hours to try out a perfectly smooth roadbed.
Impressions of citizens
This news was very joyful for Samara and all its inhabitants, therefore it caused a storm of positive emotions. They were happy that thanks to the new structure across the river, their city would finally end the perpetual traffic jams and traffic jams. Samarans, thus, received an additional means of communication in their regional center, which they were very happy about.
Litigation
Last year, the Department of the Federal Service of the Middle Volga District for Environmental, Technological and Nuclear Supervision filed a lawsuit in which it demanded that the Ministry of Transport and Highways of the region be brought to administrative responsibility, namely, to suspend the operation of this facility. During their inspection, they found that the Kirovsky Bridge(Samara, 2014) has not yet received permission for its launch, but, nevertheless, movement is carried out along it, albeit on a temporary basis.
The Arbitration Court ordered the ministry to eliminate all violations, but the department did not do this on time. Then another lawsuit followed. In this case, the workers of Themis issued the following verdict, according to which the Ministry of Transport must pay a fine of fifty thousand rubles, but the operation of the bridge will not be suspended.
Future plans
Regional authorities plan to complete the construction of the Kirovsky bridge in Samara by the end of this year. Photos taken at this site show that traffic on it is currently carried out according to a temporary scheme, since there are no access roads to this structure across the river.
But, nevertheless, most of the bridge is working, equal to eight kilometers and leading from Kirov Avenue to the highway passing through Nikolaevka. In the future, he will have to allow motorists to safely drive to the Samara bypass road.
The completion of construction will require another four hundred million rubles. These funds have already been received by a new contractor, who will complete construction work at this facility.
Today, the bridge crossing "Kirovsky" has already become a part of city life. Thanks to this construction, roads in the regional capital have become freer, which allows citizens not to stand in hourly traffic jams andcongestion.
