The "Running Doe" bridge (Kamianets-Podilskyi)

Ukraine / Khmelnytska / Kamyanets-Podilskyy / Kamianets-Podilskyi
 interesting place, road bridge, 1973_construction

The "Running doe" (running fallow-deer) bridge stands over the canyon of the Smotrych river in Kamyanets-Podilskiy, Ukraine.

Built between 1966 and 1973 (opened on November 2 1973) by a company "Mostobud 1", designed at the Institute of Paton.

Height: 70 meters (the highest in Ukraine); length: 379,14 m, distance between the stands: 194 m, width: 14m (road) + 2*2.5m (sidewalks).

On June 8 1980 the olympic fire relay passed through this bridge.

Bunjee jumping was popular here until one lethal accident in 2006.
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Coordinates:   48°39'36"N   26°34'42"E
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