Kyiv Metro Bridge

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| crosses = Dnieper River

| locale = Kyiv, Ukraine

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The Metro Bridge ({{langx|uk|Міст Метро|Mist Metro}} {{IPA|uk|mʲist meˈtrɔ|}}) is the first metro bridge, part of the Brovarsky prospect spanning across the Dnieper River in Kyiv, the capital of Ukraine. It was engineered by G. Fuks and Y. Inosov and constructed in 1965 with the expansion of the Kyiv Metro system. The bridge is used for both the Sviatoshynsko-Brovarska Line of the metro and for automobile traffic.

Overview

The bridge is 683 m long, 28.9 m wide and 20 m above the river.{{cite web |language=uk|first1=Anna |last1=Rozdorozhnya|url=http://www.unique.in.ua/index.php/places/liviy-bereg/item/123-mist_metro |title=Міст Метро (Pont Métro) |website=Unique |date=21 April 2013|archive-date=15 December 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181215134108/http://www.unique.in.ua/index.php/places/liviy-bereg/item/123-mist_metro |access-date=24 March 2024}}{{cite web |language=uk|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201114163825/https://dorig.net.ua/article/osoblivost-tehn-chnogo-stanu-ta-kap-talnogo-remontu-mosta-metro-cherez-r-dn-pro-v-m-ki-v |archive-date=14 November 2020|url=https://dorig.net.ua/article/osoblivost-tehn-chnogo-stanu-ta-kap-talnogo-remontu-mosta-metro-cherez-r-dn-pro-v-m-ki-v |title=ОСОБЛИВОСТІ ТЕХНІЧНОГО СТАНУ ТА КАПІТАЛЬНОГО РЕМОНТУ МОСТА МЕТРО ЧЕРЕЗ р. ДНІПРО в м. КИЄВІ |trans-title=Features of the technical condition and capital repair of the Metro bridge over the Dnipro river |website=Dorig |date=10 July 2019 |access-date=24 March 2024}}

It consists of two spans as it links the Venetsiiskyi Island as well as the left and right banks. The larger span consists of an elevated central Metro deck and side automobile decks on separate, lower spans. Both the Metro and automobile paths have a distinct arched contour. This was because the Metro line continues into the hill of the right bank with the Dnipro station.

The smaller span is called Rusanivskyi Bridge, which links the Venetsiiskyi Island with the left bank. It is a conventional, level span, with two northern traffic lanes and a southern Metro path.

Accidents

A terrorist occupation of the bridge occurred on 18 September 2019.{{Cite web|title=Олексій Белько – хто він та чому хоче підірвати міст Метро|url=https://kyivnews.24tv.ua/oleksiy_belko_hto_vin_chomu_hoche_pidirvati_mist_metro_kiyiv_n1207340|access-date=2021-04-07|website=kyivnews.24tv.ua|date=18 September 2019 |language=uk}} A veteran of the Russian-Ukrainian War threatened to blow up the bridge.{{Cite web|title="Минера" моста Метро в Киеве задержали. Видео операции|url=http://www.pravda.com.ua/rus/news/2020/06/1/7254038/|access-date=2021-04-07|website=Украинская правда|language=ru}}{{Cite web|title=Взорвать мост грозится бывший военный-крымчанин|url=http://www.pravda.com.ua/rus/news/2019/09/18/7226695/|access-date=2021-04-07|website=Украинская правда|language=ru}}

Traffic was stopped across the bridge for a few hours, causing extensive traffic issues throughout the city, before the man was arrested. He was found not to be in possession of any explosive, just a rifle, with which he shot a police drone.{{Cite web|title="Мінер" моста Метро попросив пробачення в киян, йому не висуватимуть підозру в підготовці теракту|url=https://lb.ua/news/2019/09/19/437743_miner_mosta_metro_izvinilsya_pered.html|access-date=2021-04-07|website=LB.ua|date=19 September 2019 }}