Reconstruction of the bridge over the Iset River on Chelyuskintsev Street | JSC "Uralgiprotrans"

Reconstruction of the bridge over the Iset River on Chelyuskintsev St. (Makarovsky Bridge) is one of the most long–awaited and large-scale transformations in the transport infrastructure of the capital of the Urals.

The need to reconstruct the bridge, which is the largest within the city of Yekaterinburg, was caused by a serious weakening of the load–bearing capacity of the existing bridge structures due to physical wear (built in 1955), in addition, there was an urgent need to increase the capacity of this section of the road, which is part of the small transport ring: Chelyuskintsev – Vostochnaya – Furmanova - Moskovskaya Streets and provides redistribution of traffic flows entering the city from the north – from the ave. Cosmonauts to the city center, to the bypass highway and in the opposite direction.

The architecture and general appearance of the new bridge have preserved the historical appearance of its predecessor. The new bridge consists of arched and girder parts: arched spans completely block the riverbed, and girders are located on both sides of the arched ones and are designed to allow pedestrians, vehicles and communications to pass under them. The scheme of the new bridge is similar to the existing one with the addition of another girder span.

The bridge was designed to be 254.95 m long and 42.60 m wide (before reconstruction, the total length of the bridge was 238.0 m and the width was 24.6 m). The bridge provides for: a roadway with safety lanes expanded to six lanes – three lanes in each direction; tram tracks on a separate track (which allows traffic to move across the bridge without congestion), pedestrian sidewalks on both sides and a bike path on one side. For the convenience of pedestrians, two staircases are adjacent to the new part of the bridge.

The tramway on the projected bridge is seamless. During its installation, a special technology was used using fiber-reinforced concrete, which prevents moisture from entering the structures of the superstructures of the new location, and also significantly reduces noise and vibrations. This technology is used in St. Petersburg and Moscow, and this is the first experience for Yekaterinburg.