Overview
- Governor Alexey Tsydenov said the core span is built, with the rail underpass and final surfacing and infrastructure works still to be done.
- Rosavtodor has retained the budget for completion, enabling a fresh competition after an assessment and re-estimation of the remaining scope.
- The current general contractor, Khotkovsky Avtomost, missed deadlines and originally won the 2019 bid with a bank guarantee of about 1.5 billion rubles.
- Total project costs exceed 7 billion rubles, and roughly 4.2 billion rubles have already been invested.
- The four-lane, 202‑meter by 26‑meter bridge will connect the Oktyabrsky and Zheleznodorozhny districts, is designed for 18,000 vehicles per hour, and is expected to cut traffic by about 30%.