Bridge Crossing over the Volga River on the Togliatti Bypass

The bridge ranks among the ten longest structures in Russia. The project was delivered as a public-private partnership, one of the largest PPP projects in the country. The Tolyatti Bypass and Volga River bridge form part of the national Comprehensive Plan for the Modernization and Expansion of Core Infrastructure.

This bypass is now a critical link in the international corridor running from the Port of Lianyungang on the Yellow Sea to St. Petersburg on the Baltic Sea. The estimated transit time along this route is just 10 days: four days faster than rail and four times faster than sea freight.

An innovative foundation system was used to construct piers 5 through 12. Massive caissons, each 18.1 meters tall and weighing 1,000 tons, were lowered 14.75 meters to install pile caps at depths of up to 37 meters.

All construction materials were sourced from domestic manufacturers.