Aksay Bridge
{{short description|Bridge in Russia}}
{{Infobox historic site
|name=The Bridge of Aksay
|native_name=Аксайский мост
|native_language=ru
|image=
|locmapin=Russia Rostov Oblast
|location=Rostov-on-Don, Russia
|nearest_city=Aksay
|coordinates={{Coord|47.2419|39.8511|display=title}}
|area=
|built=1964
|architect=
|architecture=
|governing_body=
|owner=
|type=Road bridge
|rebuilt=2014–2015
}}
The Bridge of Aksay ({{langx|ru|Аксайский мост}}) is a road bridge over the River Don in Rostov-on-Don. Its total span is {{convert|580|m|abbr=on}}. It was built in 1964 to form part of the {{convert|1062|km|abbr=on|adj=on}} M4 "Don" highway, with a two-lane capacity of around 7,000 vehicles per day of up to 6 tonnes per axle. In 1995, a new bridge was built to augment the existing one to accommodate a new three-lane crossing. The bridge crosses the Don {{convert|60|km|abbr=on}} from its estuary.{{citation needed|date=May 2018}}
Name
The bridge is named after nearby Aksay, Rostov Oblast. The town is in turn named after the River Aksay, a tributary of the Don. The river's name derives from legends about quick or white water.{{Cite web|url=//rostov-region.ru/toponymy/item/f00/s00/e0000001/index.shtml|title=Аксай|trans-title=Aksay|website=rostov-region.ru|language=ru|accessdate=21 September 2020}}
Reconstruction and overhaul
In September 2014, the reconstruction of the two-lane part of the bridge was completed at a cost of 2.84 billion rubles (approximately US$ 37 million). The project required dismantling the right side of the existing bridge and building a new bridge in its place. According to the project documentation, the new bridge crossing would be {{convert|1227.7|m|abbr=on}} long and {{convert|56.11|m|abbr=on}} wide, with three lanes. This new crossing was opened on 1 November 2014.{{Cite web|website=donday.ru|url=//www.donnews.ru/Dvizhenie-po-verhnemu-Aksayskomu-mostu-na-M4-Don-ofitsialno-otkryto_17597|title=Произошла ошибка, данной страницы не существует|language=ru|accessdate=21 September 2020|archive-date=8 September 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190908013512/http://www.donnews.ru/Dvizhenie-po-verhnemu-Aksayskomu-mostu-na-M4-Don-ofitsialno-otkryto_17597|url-status=dead}} Overhaul of the newer left side of the bridge started on 25 February 2015,{{Cite web|website=donday.ru|url=//donday.ru/aksajskij-most-zakrojut-do-nojabrja-20150213.html|title=Аксайский мост закроют до ноября|language=ru|trans-title=Closure of Askay Bridge|date=13 February 2015|accessdate=21 September 2020}} and was completed in the July. But the approach road from the "MEGA" shopping centre in Rostov-on-Don is still in a bad state.{{citation needed|date=May 2018}}
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Category:Bridges in Rostov-on-Don