Putin will take part in the opening of the bridge across the Kerch Strait on may 15

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday, may 15, will take part in the solemn opening of the bridge builders across the Kerch Strait, the press service of the Kremlin.
"On may 15, Russian President Vladimir Putin will take part in the opening of the road section of the Crimean bridge. The head of state will get acquainted with the readiness of the Unified traffic control center and all operational services to the work of the transport crossing through the Kerch Strait", the message reads.
Traffic on the bridge will be launched on may 16, reported in the information center "Crimean bridge". And the day before, on may 15, road part of the Crimean bridge will be solemnly opened by bridge builders.
"The column of construction equipment will pass on the road. The event will be attended by the representatives of Mostootryad from different regions of the country. Among them, leading experts of the industry who have passed global construction: BAM, preparation for the APEC summit in Vladivostok, the Universiade in Kazan, the Olympic games in Sochi", — noted in the information center.
The bridge across the Kerch Strait, which will connect the Crimea and Krasnodar Krai, will be the longest in Russia — its length is 19 kilometers. The construction is carried out in February 2016, the movement of vehicles on schedule was to open in December 2018, trains at the end of 2019. The capacity of the bridge is 40 thousand cars and 47 pairs of trains per day, 14 million passengers and 13 million tons of cargo per year.
In a message to the Federal Assembly in early March, Putin said that road traffic on the Crimean bridge will open in a few months. A little later, in mid-March, the Russian President came to the Crimean bridge, where he inspected the finished section of the road part of the Crimean bridge and talked to the builders. Speaking with them, Putin expressed a wish that people could start using it in the coming summer season.
Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev, speaking about the imminent opening of the road, noted that the Russian leadership after the annexation of Crimea "had a huge responsibility — to establish a normal life on the Peninsula," which was far from Russian standards.
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