The road arch of the Crimean Bridge is raised onto fairway supports and securely fixed at the design height - 35 meters from the water. The unique engineering operation was completed ahead of schedule. As the builders themselves explained, they took into account the experience of installing the first arch intended for railway tracks and managed to save time. As a result, shipping in the Kerch Strait opened 18 hours earlier than planned. The most complex naval operation to install the arch lasted two days.
Arched spans are the largest elements of the Crimean Bridge. The length of each is 227 m, the railway one weighs 6 thousand tons, the road one - 5.5 thousand tons. Earlier, at the end of August, bridge builders installed a railway arch for the transport crossing.
