OREANDA-NEWS. Mostootryad-1, a regional branch of Mostotrest in Nizhny Novgorod, has completed construction of the Bor alternate bridge across the Volga. The new bridge with a total length of about 9 km is located downstream of the old bridge built in 1965.

The new bridge has been opened to traffic on July 31. Commissioning of the transport system of the new Borsky Bridge has become a significant event, helping to address transport bottlenecks of not only the city of Nizhny Novgorod, but also the region as a whole. Throughput capacity of the Nizhny Novgorod – Bor District route section has increased three-fold, with the new bridge taking over all Bor and Kirov-bound traffic. The old bridge continues to accommodate traffic moving in the opposite direction.

The project customer is the Nizhny Novgorod Government Agency "Chief Road Administration". The total cost of the project was RUB13 billion (including VAT), co-financed through the PLATON Government Facility.

The project was launched in 2013. As part of the project, Mostotrest has built road and bridge infrastructure, including a new two-lane bridge across the Volga with a length of 1.5 km, right- and left-bank approaches with a total length of 7.3 km, two floodplain bridges, a bridge across the Vezloma, and a split-level interchange in the village of Neklyudovo (including an overpass). In addition, two single-level interchanges and two pedestrian overpasses have also been built within the project.

The new bridge has become part of the R-159 Nizhny Novgorod-Shakhunya-Kirov Highway.

PJSC Mostotrest is the largest diversified company in the field of infrastructure construction, with a presence across all key and related market segments, and a participant in pioneering public-private partnership projects in Russia. According to the EMBS Group, an independent industry consultancy, Mostotrest 2016 share of the Russian transport infrastructure construction market was 14.6%.

The Mostotrest Group key business segments include construction and reconstruction of bridges (including road, railway and city bridges), highways and other transport infrastructure, as well as road repair and maintenance services. In 2012, the Group diversified into a new business segment of road concession management.

The Company was established in 1930 for the construction of special and extra-large bridges.

Currently, Mostotrest is involved in a number of complex integrated transport infrastructure development projects, such as construction of several segments of the M-11 "Moscow – St. Petersburg" Highway, construction and reconstruction of segments of the M-4 "Don" Highway, and construction of the Kerch Strait Bridge.