Above-ground
construction
«Mosmetrostroy» is a general contractor of one of the largest objects of modern road construction, the Krasnopresnenskaya motorway — the largest radial motorway in Moscow connecting the city centre with Moscow Ring Road.
The centre-to-ring-road part of this motorway is approx. 7 km long and includes a range of unique constructions, tunnel systems and a guyed bridge. As it was earlier planned to extend the Mitinsko-Stroinskaya metro line from Krylatskoe to Strogino station under Serebryany Bor, the auto tunnel can be used for both vehicles (upper level) and metro trains (lower level).
After a deep two-level 1,500 m tunnel running under the Serebryany Bor park (3km total length), and elevated sector begins. It goes along Krylatskaya street leading to Moscow first-ever guyed bridge crossing Moskva River and joining Krylatskaya and Zhivopisnaya streets. It is a unique arch over the river with a 409 span and a hanging 2-level ellipsoid with panoramic glazing, a viewing point and a restaurant. The bridge project was developed by Metrogiprotrans Institute architects and is being built by OAO «Mostotrest» specialists.
Krasnopresnenskaya motorway was inaugurated in the end of 2007 eases the traffic at the Kutuzovsky prospect, Volokolamskoye and Rublevskoye shosse.
