He said this during a direct line, where he answered questions from residents of the city.

“We plan to build the bridge in 2023-2028.

The design is in progress now.

We are laying money for it, we have already provided for it in the budget for 2022-2024.

This bridge is really necessary for our city ", - quotes the words of Beglov RIA Novosti.

The Bolshoi Smolensky Bridge is provided for by the general plan of St. Petersburg, he added.

“This bridge will provide new opportunities for almost a million people, and not only for those who live on the left and right banks of the Neva.

The bridge will become part of the inner half-ring that will connect the northern and southern districts of St. Petersburg, bypassing the city center.

Together with the bridge, three transport interchanges are being designed at the intersection with Obukhovskaya Oborony Avenue, at the intersection with Oktyabrskaya Embankment, at the intersection with Dalnevostochny Avenue and Kollontai Street, "the governor explained.

The bridge will have six lanes, and it is planned to run trams and other public transport across it.