Automobile traffic on the Crimean Bridge will be opened on Wednesday, May 16, six months ahead of schedule. This was reported on the official website of the construction of the structure.
The traffic will open at 05:30 Moscow time simultaneously from the Crimea and Kuban sides - two lanes each. It is reported that the first to cross the bridge will be local residents - Crimeans and Kuban residents. The maximum permitted speed will be 90 km/h. Stopping on the bridge is prohibited.
The entrance to the car approaches to the Crimean Bridge from the Taman and Kerch Peninsulas will be opened an hour before the start of traffic - at 4:30. To get to the bridge from the Krasnodar Territory, you need to go along the federal highway A-290 to the interchange with the new road on the Taman Peninsula, then drive 40 km along the car approach to the Crimean Bridge. From the Crimean side, traffic starts from the interchange on the existing Simferopol - Kerch highway and then 8.6 km to the Crimean Bridge.
On the eve of the launch of traffic, on May 15, the road section of the Crimean Bridge will be ceremoniously opened by bridge builders. A column of construction equipment will drive along the road. According to RIA Novosti, Russian President Vladimir Putin will take part in the event.
Source: news.turizm.ru