The Southern Bridge in Kyiv is closed: detour routes announced
Kyiv • UNN
Due to damage to the Southern Bridge, traffic in Kyiv is temporarily being diverted along alternative routes. Different routes have been designated for trucks and passenger cars.
Due to the closure of Kyiv’s Southern Bridge, traffic is temporarily using detour routes. On October 27, Oleksii Biloshytskyi, Head of the Patrol Police Department of the National Police of Ukraine, explained which roads freight and passenger vehicle drivers can use, UNN reports.
Details
"Due to the closure of the Southern Bridge, traffic is temporarily being routed via detour routes," Biloshytskyi said in a post.
In particular, according to him, trucks traveling from the Boryspil Highway are to use Staroboryspilska Street. They should then continue along Boryspilska and Pryvokzalna streets toward the Darnytskyi Bridge.
Meanwhile, drivers of passenger cars are advised to bypass the closed section via Mykola Bazhan Avenue. From there, they should continue along the Dnipro Embankment toward the Darnytskyi Bridge and the Paton Bridge.
Reminder
During the night of October 27, Russia struck Kyiv’s Southern Bridge. Specialists are assessing the damage to the Southern Bridge. Traffic on the bridge and metro service between "Osokorky" and "Chervonyi Khutir" have been suspended.