Crimean Bridge

Ukraine / Krym / Kerch /
 truss bridge, disaster site, edifice, railway bridge, road bridge, 2018 construction, 2019 construction

A pair of parallel bridges (one for vehicular traffic, one for rail) that span the Strait of Kerch between the Kerch Peninsula of Crimea and the Taman Peninsula of Krasnodar Krai in Russia; a distance of 19 km (12 miles).
In January 2015, the multibillion-dollar contract for the construction of the bridge was awarded to Arkady Rotenberg's SGM Group. In May 2015, construction of the bridge commenced; the road bridge was opened on 15 May 2018 by the Russian president Vladimir Putin, with completion of the rail link in December 2019.
The bridge received its official name "Crimean Bridge" after an online vote in December 2017, with "Kerch Strait Bridge" taking second place.
The railway section was commissioned on December 23, 2019.
On 8 October 2022, at 6:07 am local time, a large explosion occurred on the roadway leading from Russia to Crimea, causing parts of the road bridge to collapse and a large fire to begin.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2022_Crimean_Bridge_explosion
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Coordinates:   45°16'5"N   36°32'26"E
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