Donetsk, Oct 16 — DAN. The renovated Mariupol bridge will improve logistics in the direction of Crimea, President Vladimir Putin said at the opening ceremony for regional road infrastructure facilities.
“The renovation of a Mariupol bridge will help restore the link between several city districts, ” Putin said. “It will speed up traffic on the ‘Novorossiya’ federal highway towards Crimea and increase its accessibility.”
The restored bridge links the Okyabrsky and Ordzhnikidzevsky district of Mariupol. It was built in 1963; Ukrainian gunmen destroyed it in the spring of 2022. It is believed that Cossack built a bridge at this place several centuries ago protect to the land way to Crimea. The mouth of the river has been called “post-most” since.*jk