The Pivnichnyi Bridge ( uk, Північний міст) or Northern Bridge is a structure in
Kyiv
Kyiv, also spelled Kiev, is the capital and most populous city of Ukraine. It is in north-central Ukraine along the Dnieper, Dnieper River. As of 1 January 2021, its population was 2,962,180, making Kyiv the List of European cities by populat ...
, Ukraine, built in 1976. It is a
cable-stayed bridge
A cable-stayed bridge has one or more ''towers'' (or ''pylons''), from which cables support the bridge deck. A distinctive feature are the cables or stays, which run directly from the tower to the deck, normally forming a fan-like pattern o ...
, designed by the architect Mikhail Krasnoshtein (later, Mikhail Asianov) and engineer G. B. Fux. The
beam
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Streams of particles or energy
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of the main span is held by a cluster of steel ropes which are fixed to a tall A-
pylon.
It is notable that as a result of Soviet-era state-sponsored anti-semitism, a non-Jewish architect from Kharkiv (A. V. Dobrovolsky) was brought in to take credit for the bridge's architecture just prior to the official opening of the bridge, and this remains the official record. This record forgery was approved by A. F. Bersheda, the Director of the Kyiv architecture bureau (KievSoyuzDorProekt) at the time.
Until February 2018 the bridge was named Moskovskyi Bridge ( uk, Московський міст) or Moscow Bridge. As part of
Ukraine's current decommunization process the bridge was nominated to be renamed for almost a year prior to its new name.
[In Kyiv, "disappear" metro station "Petrovka" and Tolstoy Street: all the details]
Segodnya
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(19 April 2017)
Overview
The bridge is actually a composition of two main bridges: a long and wide across the
Dnieper
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The Dnieper () or Dnipro (); , ; . is one of the major transboundary rivers of Europe, rising in the Valdai Hills near Smolensk, Russia, before flowing through Belarus and Ukraine to the Black Sea. It is the longest river of Ukraine and B ...
, a long, wide across the
Desenka (
Desna distributary
A distributary, or a distributary channel, is a stream that branches off and flows away from a main stream channel. Distributaries are a common feature of river deltas. The phenomenon is known as river bifurcation. The opposite of a distributar ...
) and includes a road
interchange at Stepana Bandery prospect and Heroyiv Stalingrada prospect.
The major feature of the bridge its pylon in height. It is located on the
Trukhaniv Island
Trukhaniv Island ( uk, Труханів острів, translit.: ''Trukhaniv ostriv'') is an island located on the Dnieper River opposite the historic Podil neighbourhood of the city of Kyiv.
Location
The island is located on the north side whe ...
and providing support for the main span across
Dnieper River
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The Dnieper () or Dnipro (); , ; . is one of the major transboundary rivers of Europe, rising in the Valdai Hills near Smolensk, Russia, before flowing through Belarus and Ukraine to the Black Sea. It is the longest river of Ukraine and B ...
.
It is a key structure on the northern end of the Kyiv Smaller Beltway, connecting
Petrivka to the densely populated north-eastern residential neighborhoods. From the moment of its construction the bridge was built as a high-speed motorway, which it remains to this day.
See also
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Bridges in Kyiv
Kyiv, historically situated on the right bank of the Dnieper River, now covers both banks of the river whose width, as it flows through the city, reaches several hundred metres. Additionally, several tributaries join the Dnieper inside or just no ...
References
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Road bridges in Kyiv
Bridges built in the Soviet Union
Landmarks in Kyiv
Bridges on Trukhaniv Island
Bridges completed in 1976
Bridges over the Dnieper
Cable-stayed bridges in Ukraine
Obolonskyi District
1976 establishments in Ukraine
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