Bridge Crossing over the Volga River on the Togliatti Bypass

The bridge is among the ten longest structures in Russia. The project was implemented on the basis of public-private partnership (it is one of the largest PPP projects in Russia). The construction of the Togliatti bypass with a bridge over the Volga River is included in the national project named Comprehensive Mainline Infrastructure Upgrade and Expansion Plan.

The Togliatti bypass has become part of an international transport corridor from the port of Lianyungang on the Yellow Sea to St Petersburg on the Baltic Sea. The estimated time for the route by road is 10 days, which is 4 days faster than by rail and 4 times faster than by sea.

Innovative solutions were used to build the bridge. For example, a unique box caisson-based pylon construction technique was used to build 8 pylons (pylons 5 – 12). This made it possible to erect structures with high footing at depths of up to 37 metres. The boxes, each 18.1 metres high and weighing 1,000 tonnes, were lowered to a depth of 14.75 metres by HEAVY LIFTING.

Only domestic materials were used to build the bridge on the Togliatti bypass.