Natsproektstroy is starting to build a bridge across the Neva River as part of the High-Speed Latitudinal Highway
Today, Alexander Beglov, Governor of St. Petersburg, Alexey Krapivin, CEO of Natsproektstroy, and Andrey Kostin, President and Chairman of the Management Board of VTB Bank, unveiled the stepping stone on the site of the future bridge across the Neva River as part of the High-Speed Latitudinal Highway.
5 June 2026
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According to Alexander Beglov, "the drawbridge across the Neva River in the section of Faiansovaya and Zolnaya Streets is a modern, complex structure in terms of engineering and architecture. It will become the second drawbridge in the last forty years to be built in the northern capital at the same time as the Bolshoy Smolensky Bridge."
Alexey Krapivin noted that "it is a great honor for us to work here in St. Petersburg. Working on the Neva River is not easy. We realized that on the Bolshoy Smolensky Bridge. The strong current, ice drift, vagaries of the weather – it was a real stress test. The bridge builders passed it. Here, too, we will use all our strength and skills to ensure that the bridge as part of the High-Speed Latitudinal Highway is built on time and with high quality."
Andrey Kostin stressed: "We have just inspected the Bolshoy Smolensky Bridge, which is being built with a record-breaking speed – we are told that the bridge will be launched within three years. Therefore, I wish you good and comfortable work here too. The sooner you build this bridge, the sooner we will start building a new one."
The ceremony was also attended by Nikolai Linchenko, Deputy Governor of St. Petersburg, Anton Novikov, Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Latitudinal Highway of the Northern Capital, and managers and employees of NPS Roads and Bridges.
NPS Roads and Bridges will build 5 km long section 4.1 of the High-Speed Latitudinal Highway, the main artificial structure of which will be a 462.9 m long drawbridge. In total, the builders will have to lay 160 thousand cubic meters of concrete and erect 16 thousand tons of steel structures.
Alexey Krapivin noted that "it is a great honor for us to work here in St. Petersburg. Working on the Neva River is not easy. We realized that on the Bolshoy Smolensky Bridge. The strong current, ice drift, vagaries of the weather – it was a real stress test. The bridge builders passed it. Here, too, we will use all our strength and skills to ensure that the bridge as part of the High-Speed Latitudinal Highway is built on time and with high quality."
Andrey Kostin stressed: "We have just inspected the Bolshoy Smolensky Bridge, which is being built with a record-breaking speed – we are told that the bridge will be launched within three years. Therefore, I wish you good and comfortable work here too. The sooner you build this bridge, the sooner we will start building a new one."
The ceremony was also attended by Nikolai Linchenko, Deputy Governor of St. Petersburg, Anton Novikov, Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Latitudinal Highway of the Northern Capital, and managers and employees of NPS Roads and Bridges.
NPS Roads and Bridges will build 5 km long section 4.1 of the High-Speed Latitudinal Highway, the main artificial structure of which will be a 462.9 m long drawbridge. In total, the builders will have to lay 160 thousand cubic meters of concrete and erect 16 thousand tons of steel structures.
