Zatoka Bridge ( uk, Підйомний міст у Затоці) is a vertical lift road and rail bridge in Ukraine, crossing the

Dniester Estuary Dniester Estuary, or Dniester Liman ( uk, Дністровський лиман; ro, Limanul Nistrului) is a liman, formed at the point where the river Dniester flows into the Black Sea. It is located in Ukraine, in Odessa Oblast, and connects B ...

Zatoka, Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi Raion, Odesa Oblast Zatoka (; ro, Zatoca or ''Bugaz'') is an urban-type settlement in Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi Raion, Odesa Oblast, in southwestern Ukraine. It belongs to Karolino-Buhaz rural hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine. The settlement is a local beach res ...

. The bridge opened in 1955 and carries Highway H33 (the former P70) between Odesa and

Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi ( uk, Бі́лгород-Дністро́вський, Bílhorod-Dnistróvskyy, ; ro, Cetatea Albă), historically known as Akkerman ( tr, Akkerman) or under different names, is a city, municipality and port situated on ...

, and the railway line from

Odesa Odesa (also spelled Odessa) is the third most populous city and municipality in Ukraine and a major seaport and transport hub located in the south-west of the country, on the northwestern shore of the Black Sea. The city is also the administrative ...

Bessarabia Bessarabia (; Gagauz: ''Besarabiya''; Romanian: ''Basarabia''; Ukrainian: ''Бессара́бія'') is a historical region in Eastern Europe, bounded by the Dniester river on the east and the Prut river on the west. About two thirds of Be ...

. The bridge is strategically important as the only direct land connection from Odesa to

Budjak Budjak or Budzhak (Bulgarian and Ukrainian: Буджак; ro, Bugeac; Gagauz and Turkish: ''Bucak''), historically part of Bessarabia until 1812, is a historical region in Ukraine and Moldova. Lying along the Black Sea between the Danube ...

and Romania. During the Russia–Ukraine War the bridge has been repeatedly targeted by Russian missiles. On 10 February 2023 the bridge was hit by a suspected Russian naval drone.

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{{Coord, 46.07633, N, 30.46987, E, source:wikidata, display=title Bridges in Ukraine Transport in Odesa Oblast 1955 establishments in Ukraine Bridges completed in 1955 Karolino-Buhaz Hromada

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