Putin orders construction of world’s longest bridge

Sakhalin, Russia © Artem Zhitenev / Sputnik

Russian President Vladimir Putin has instructed the government to work out a plan to construct a bridge connecting Sakhalin Island in the country’s Far East with mainland Russia.

“The question of building a bridge between Sakhalin and the mainland has long been discussed, for decades. It has long been a dream of the people living on the island,” Putin said at a meeting with Sakhalin Governor Oleg Kozhemyako on Tuesday. Putin said he instructed the Russian government to work on the feasibility of the project.

The Russian president noted that this would make life easier for people: “You can come, leave at any time of the year, in any weather.” Sakhalin is the only remaining region in Russia without a land connection to the mainland. Crimea was recently connected when Europe’s longest bridge was built in May.

Building a bridge to Sakhalin will be much more difficult and expensive, since the bridge will be 580km long with railroad links and other infrastructure. The project will require building three main and more than 10 additional spans, and will cost several billion dollars.

The population of the island has dropped by more than 30 percent to just shy of 500,000 people in the last 25 years due to the remoteness of the region and lack of a proper connection with mainland Russia.

In an even more ambitious project, Russia earlier proposed building a bridge connecting Japan’s Hokkaido to the south of Sakhalin Island. The two bridges would make Japan a continental state.

Ref.: https://www.rt.com/business/434112-putin-orders-construction-sakhalin-bridge/

14 May, 2018

Russia considers building world’s longest bridge connecting Sakhalin to mainland in Far East

Russia considers building world's longest bridge connecting Sakhalin to mainland in Far East

Sakhalin Island, Far East, Russia © Rami Zayat / Global Look Press
The Russian government is looking at ways of connecting Sakhalin Island in the Far East to the mainland. One of the options is building a railroad bridge on a monumental scale.

“Experts, consultants, and designers have considered all options, including the construction of a tunnel, but at the moment, the preference is given to a bridge both economically and from the construction point of view,” said Transportation Minister Maksim Sokolov.

The project would be gigantic, since the bridge would be at least 580 kilometers long and will require building three main and more than 10 additional bridges; the bridge would cost hundreds of billions of rubles, or several billion dollars, he said. Earlier, Russian authorities said the bridge would be planned by the end of 2018.

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