Construction of the Kerch Strait Bridge - April 2017

The view from Mount Mithridat in Kerch city on the construction of the Kerch Strait Bridge (or Crimean Bridge) linking the Kerch Peninsula of Crimea to the Taman Peninsula of Krasnodar Krai, the mainland Russia. The road bridge is projected to be opened on December 18, 2018 with a completion of the rail link delayed until the end of 2019. The total cost of the project is 227.92 billion rubles (3,7 billion USD).

The top of the Mount Mithridat is crowned with its Obelisk of Glory to immortal heroes - a monument dedicated to the generals, officers, sergeants and privates of Independent Coastal Army, the sailors of the Azov Flotilla and all the soldiers who fell in the battles for the liberation of Crimea.

Photo #034 taken on April 30, 2017