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sleepers and logs impregnated with a special composition. Wooden trusses were attached to them, a floor made of beams was laid on top and railway tracks were laid. The second bridge, which connected the western part of the embankment on
Khortytsia Island with the right bank, was 556 meters long and was built in just 12 days. The construction of the bridges over the
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in 1974. Bridge vaults on both structures are designed for the joint impact of railway and motor vehicle loads. The combination of arch structures with verticals of powerful reinforced concrete supports plays an important role in the aesthetic appearance of bridges which are considered a landmark in
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Island. As a result, 8 citizens on the island were injured. The regional military-civilian administration reported that "the enemy once again tried to damage the infrastructure of the city of
Zaporizhzhia by means of rocket attacks." It is believed that the bridge was the intended target of Russian
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Island was conducted manually. The southern part of the dam was connected to a wooden bridge across the flood channels and the Dnipro, the length of this bridge was 1,330 meters. More than 1,500 piles alone were driven to support the wooden bridge. The supports of the temporary bridge were made of
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to facilitate the construction of both temporary and permanent bridges. During this time, 14 km of railway track was laid, and temporary bridges with a total length of 1,886 meters were built across both channels of the
Dnieper. Before the start of construction, 10,000 mines laid on
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Island near the bridge. At that time, a train with evacuees leaving
Zaporizhzhia for Lviv was traveling on the bridge. Windows on the train were blown out as a result of the strike. Later that same day, the Russians struck the area with a second missile, which also hit
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Deteriorating conditions on the bridge paired with issues related to traffic congestion triggered the design and construction of a new and modern bridge with significantly greater vehicular capacity directly to the south of the existing bridges.
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is a twin-span suspension bridge that began construction in 2004 and has been plagued with delays. The first deck of the bridge opened for public use in 2022. When completed, the
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