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Repair finished early and traffic restored on St Petersburg ring-road bridge
Traffic restrictions were lifted on St Petersburg’s Bolshoy Obukhovsky Bridge early on 28 October after repair work finished.
The bridge carries the city’s ring road across the Neva River.
Two lanes had been closed since 6 October while crews repaired a joint in the road surface.
The work was originally due to finish on 31 October, but ended ahead of schedule.
All temporary signs and barriers were removed, and traffic returned to normal.
The closures had caused daily traffic jams on the ring road and nearby roads in the Nevsky district.
Traffic across St Petersburg was unusually light that morning, with congestion rated at three points; school holidays also helped keep roads quieter.
Traffic restrictions were lifted on the Big Obukhovsky Bridge on St Petersburg’s ring road after repairs finished early.
The work was completed by 2:00 on 28 October, and all temporary signs and barriers were removed.
Two lanes on the ring road’s inner carriageway near the bridge had been closed since 6 October.
The repair had originally been scheduled to finish on 31 October.
- Who
- The Federal Road Administration’s North-West office reported the completion.
- What
- Repairs to a bridge expansion joint were completed, and traffic restrictions were lifted.
- When
- By 2:00 on 28 October 2026.
- Where
- The Big Obukhovsky Bridge on the 57th kilometre of St Petersburg’s ring road.
- Why
- The sources say the work was to repair an expansion joint.
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Two lanes on the inner ring-road carriageway near the bridge were closed for repairs.
Repair work was completed and traffic restrictions were lifted.
The repair had originally been scheduled to finish by this date.
- Bridge
- Big Obukhovsky Bridge, also known as the Cable-Stayed Bridge
- Road location
- 57th kilometre of St Petersburg’s ring road
- Repair completion
- 2:00 on 28 October 2026
- Lane closures
- Two lanes on the inner carriageway
- Original planned completion
- 31 October
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What people are saying
As of 2:00 on 28 October, repair work on the expansion joint at the Big Obukhovsky Bridge across the Neva River (Cable-Stayed Bridge), located at the 57th kilometre of the ring road, was completed. All temporary road signs and barriers have been removed. Restrictions have been lifted.