Ягринский мост, Transportation bridge in Arkhangelsk Region, Russia
The Yagrinsky Bridge is a three-span reinforced concrete combined road-and-rail bridge across the Nikolskoye estuary of the Northern Dvina, linking the mainland to Yagry Island in Severodvinsk. The structure built in 1954 carried both cars and trains until a separate railway bridge opened on 19 September 2014; the old crossing was then to be converted entirely to road use.
Built in 1954, the bridge carried freight to the Zvezdochka shipyard, which received its first state order that same year. It belonged to the enterprise from 1954 to 2009, when an arbitration court transferred it to the Severodvinsk city administration. After 55 years of use it reached the end of its service life by 2010. A new railway bridge opened on 19 September 2014, built in 18 months for 900 million rubles.
The bridge carries both road and rail traffic over the Nikolskoye estuary of the Northern Dvina, linking the mainland districts of Severodvinsk with the island of Yagry. Its railway span was replaced by a new 192-metre bridge opened on 19 September 2014, timed to the 60th anniversary of the Zvezdochka shipyard. The old crossing is to be converted entirely to road use.
The old bridge has no duplicate crossing, so it remains the only road link between the island and the mainland. Since 1 April 2010, vehicle weight limits and longer spacing between cars have been enforced. A new railway bridge opened on 19 September 2014, and the old span is to be converted to road use.
The bridge has no duplicate crossing, so when repairs are needed the island's only road link is at stake; it also carries hazardous cargo from nuclear submarine dismantling. Because of this, the repair question was handled at federal level by transport minister Igor Levitin.
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