“I inspected the restored section of the road”: Putin visited the Crimean bridge and drove over it in a car

On Monday, December 5, Vladimir Putin drove along the automobile lane of the Crimean Bridge, which had been repaired after the October 8 terrorist attack.

This was reported by the press service of the Kremlin.

“The head of state inspected the restored section of the road.

The President was accompanied by Deputy Prime Minister Marat Khusnullin.

Nikita Khrapov, Chief Engineer of FKU Uprdor Taman, and Evgeny Chibyshev, Deputy Director General of Nizhneangarsktransstroy, also told Vladimir Putin about the progress of the repair work.

Along with this, a video was published in which Vladimir Putin, driving a car, listens to a report on the work being done on the bridge.

Marat Khusnullin in his Telegram channel told how the work went.

“We have replaced four spans.

All metal structures from Voronezh, Kurgan and Tyumen, which is 1214 tons, were promptly delivered to the site, accompanied by the traffic police, and the builders quickly completed repairs in record time - in 56 days, although usually such work can take from six months to a year, ”he said .

According to him, he had to work during storms for more than 20 days, which added to the difficulties.

In total, 500 people were involved in the facility, who worked around the clock.

“We will continue the work.

The left side of the bridge was also damaged.

Her performance is limited.

On behalf of the president, we are starting repair work on the left side of the bridge, ”Khusnullin concluded.

Later, the press secretary of the President of the Russian Federation Dmitry Peskov noted that the head of state also briefly spoke with the workers who are working on the bridge.

“Against the backdrop of continuing threats officially voiced from Kyiv about possible new attacks against the Crimean bridge and related infrastructure, Putin emphasized the importance of the land road that connects Crimea with the rest of Russia,” RIA Novosti quoted him as saying.

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Restoration of the Crimean bridge

On the morning of October 8, a truck was blown up on the automobile part of the Crimean bridge.

This caused a partial collapse of two automobile spans of the bridge, and seven fuel tanks on the railway part of the crossing also caught fire.

As the FSB established, the attack was organized by the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine and personally by its head Kirill Budanov.

According to the chairman of the Investigative Committee Alexander Bastrykin, the purpose of this terrorist attack was the destruction of a large civilian infrastructure facility.

“Here, as you just reported, there is no doubt that this is a terrorist attack aimed at destroying the critical civilian infrastructure of the Russian Federation.

And the authors, performers, customers are the special services of Ukraine,” Vladimir Putin noted during a meeting with the head of the Investigative Committee on October 9.

It should be noted that the movement of trains on the railway part of the Crimean bridge was fully restored on the evening of October 8.

At the same time, reverse traffic for cars was launched along the automobile part, first along one and then along two lanes.

On October 20, builders began dismantling the damaged right span structures of the road part of the Crimean bridge.

Two weeks later, preparatory work began, necessary for the sliding of new spans.

At the same time, reinforcement was knitted and formwork was carried out for concreting new under-truss bollards.

On November 19, the builders restored all four damaged spans of the road part of the Crimean bridge.

On the morning of December 5, the press service of FKU Uprdor Taman announced the launch of traffic along the repaired right lane of the bridge.

“On December 5, at 10:50 a.m., as part of the restoration work, vehicles were transferred to the right side of the road part of the Crimean bridge,” RIA Novosti quotes the text of the message.