Chusovskoy Bridge, Road bridge across the Chusovaya in Dobryansky District, Perm Krai, Russia
The Chusovskoy Bridge crosses the Chusovaya River just before its mouth at the Kama Reservoir, linking Perm's Ordzhonikidzevsky District with Dobryansky District. It consists of two parallel structures: the original 1996 bridge and a second one opened in 2022, 18 metres to the west. The total length is 1598 metres, with spans of 4×84+84+126+5×147+126+84 metres; the river span is a continuous steel orthotropic-deck structure.
The bridge opened in 1996 as a major infrastructure project during the post-Soviet period in the Perm region. It represented an important investment in regional connectivity when many areas were rebuilding their transport networks.
The bridge is named after the Chusovaya River it crosses just before its mouth at the Kama Reservoir. Until 1996 a ferry crossing operated here instead of a bridge, and the opening of the span let traffic reach Perm from the Upper Kama towns by the shortest route.
The bridge is part of the Vostochny Obkhod highway on the Perm–Berezniki road. The newer span, opened on 22 December 2022, stands 18 m west of the 1996 bridge and carries two lanes of all traffic; the old span is being rebuilt, with completion planned for July 2027.
During construction, single-roller bearings and Mostoplast waterproofing were used for the first time in Russia. The spans were assembled using floating systems and then launched longitudinally into place.
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