Kriukiv Bridge, Double-deck bridge in Kremenchuk, Ukraine
Kriukiv Bridge is a 962-metre double-deck road and railway bridge over the Dnieper in Kremenchuk. Its upper level carries two road lanes and guardrail-separated walkways, while the lower level holds a single electrified track. Ten parallel-chord truss spans and one lift span rest on granite piers; rectangular towers with high round arches mark both ends.
Engineer Amand Struve designed this crossing in the mid-19th century as part of the Southern Railway linking Kiev with northeastern provinces. The bridge opened in 1872 and served as a critical link for freight and passenger transport through the Ukrainian territories of that era.
The bridge carries two state highways, Boryspil–Dnipro–Zaporizhzhia and Poltava–Oleksandriia, and up to 3,000 trucks cross it daily. Its railway track is electrified with alternating current. The crossing links the right-bank Kriukiv district with the rest of Kremenchuk.
The bridge carries two state roads: Boryspil–Dnipro–Zaporizhzhia and Poltava–Oleksandriia. Up to 3,000 trucks use it daily. Pedestrians walk on guardrail-separated paths on the upper deck; the single electrified track runs on the lower deck. It is the only bridge in Kremenchuk, 15 km below the Kremenchuk Reservoir dam.
The lift span raises only the lower railway deck a few metres, using cables and pulleys, so larger ships can pass; the upper road deck stays in place. The posts of the upper truss serve as telescopic guides for the hangers of the lower level. A comparable design was built by J. A. L. Waddell in 1911 at the ASB Bridge over the Missouri River in Kansas City.
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