Pivnichnyi Bridge
Pivnichnyi Bridge Північний міст | |
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Pivnichnyi Bridge | |
| Coordinates | 50°29′26″N 30°32′09″E / 50.49056°N 30.53583°E |
| Carries | Automobiles |
| Crosses | Dnieper River |
| Locale | Kyiv, Ukraine |
| Other name | Moskovskyi Bridge |
| Owner | Ukraine |
| Followed by | Rybalskyi Railroad Bridge |
| Characteristics | |
| Total length | 816 m |
| Width | 31.4 m |
| Height | 119 m |
| Longest span | 300 m |
| History | |
| Designer | Mikhail Krasnoshtein Anatoliy Dobrovolskyi |
| Engineering design by | Heorhiy Fuks |
| Construction start | 1971 |
| Opened | December 3, 1976 |
| Location | |
Interactive map of Pivnichnyi Bridge | |
The Pivnichnyi Bridge (Ukrainian: Північний міст [piu̯ˈn⁽ʲ⁾itʃnɪj ˈmist]) or Northern Bridge is a structure in Kyiv, Ukraine, built in 1976. It is a cable-stayed bridge, designed by the architect Mikhail Krasnoshtein (later, Mikhail Asianov) and engineer G. B. Fux. The beam of the main span is held by a cluster of steel ropes which are fixed to a 119 m (390 ft) tall A-pylon. The bridge also acts as a segment of the Small Ring Road of Kyiv.
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 (Ukrainian: Московський міст, Moskovskyi Mist) 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.