Along the section of the North-Eastern Expressway (SVH) from Entuziastov Highway to the Moscow Ring Road (MKAD) started a movement transport. The new route will redistribute traffic flows and reduce the load on outbound highways.
“In fact, this is one of the most difficult sections of the North-Eastern Expressway and, in general, of any road construction in Moscow: a huge number of utility lines for existing enterprises, connections with the railway; the section itself is very complex. This is the largest and longest overpass in the city - 2.5 kilometers straight, and also the most important section. It will improve transport accessibility for a million people living in about ten districts of Moscow, including those outside the Moscow Ring Road: Nekrasovka, Kosino-Ukhtomsky and a number of other districts,” said Sergei Sobyanin.
Construction of the section of the North-Eastern Expressway from Entuziastov Highway to the Moscow Ring Road began in February 2016 and was completed in September 2018. This twice as fast standard construction period.
“Next we will connect sections of the highway in the north and create a new city highway. By the way, this is one of the few sections that does not run along existing corridors, but essentially creates a new corridor. It will improve the situation on Shchelkovskoye and Otkrytoye highways, as well as on Entuziastov highway and the Moscow Ring Road. The most important section, the most important highway,” added the Moscow Mayor.
Six lanes and not a single traffic light
The traffic-free six-lane highway runs from the existing section of the temporary storage warehouse at the intersection with Entuziastov Highway, then from the northern side of the Kazan direction of the Moscow Railway (MZD) to the exit to the Kosinskaya overpass of the Moscow Ring Road. Total laid 1 1,8 kilometers of roads, including six overpasses.
Chords were built in this area the longest overpass in Moscow— 2.5 kilometers of direct travel from the Plyushchevo railway platform to the overpass exit from Perovskaya Street to the temporary storage warehouse.
“This is one of the most difficult sections, because 2.5 kilometers are artificial structures in the form of an overpass, running parallel to the railway. This is the most difficult element that we had to implement during construction,” said First Deputy Head of the Moscow City Construction Department Petr Aksenov.
Thanks to this engineering solution, it was possible to preserve the existing regional road network. In addition, the overpass can be used to cross the tracks of the Kazan direction of the Moscow Railway.
The structure includes:
— overpass of the main route No. 1 (1.8 kilometers, three lanes in each direction) and two single-lane overpasses (each 143 meters). They provide traffic without traffic lights at the intersection with the railway tracks of the Gorky direction of the Moscow Railway and exits to Kuskovskaya Street;
— the left overpass of the main route No. 2 (740 meters, three lanes in each direction), which provides access from Budyonny Avenue and movement along the direct course of the temporary storage facility towards the Moscow Ring Road;
— the right overpass of the main route No. 2 (650 meters, three lanes in each direction) provides access to Budyonny Avenue and a promising direction towards Ryazansky Avenue along the tracks of the Moscow Central Circle (MCC).
In addition, overpass No. 3 (204 meters, two lanes in each direction) has appeared, along which you can exit the temporary storage warehouse onto Perovskaya Street.
Also built or reconstructed the ramps to adjacent streets and access roads with a total length of more than four kilometers.
On the side of residential buildings in the area of Kuskovskaya Street and Anosova Street, as well as near the Church of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Veshnyaki, noise barriers three meters high and more than one and a half kilometers long.
Pedestrian crossings
The most important part of the project was the construction and reconstruction of pedestrian crossings. Through the new spacious passage under the temporary storage warehouse, residents of Veshnyaki can get there comfortably to the metro station and railway platform Vykhino.
The reconstructed pedestrian crossing in the area of the 4th Veshnyakovsky passage connects with the Assumption Church and the Veshnyakovsky cemetery.
The crossing in the area of the Plyushchevo railway platform will be useful for those who like to walk in Kuskovo estate park.
New transport artery
The construction of the temporary storage warehouse section from the Entuziastov highway to the Moscow Ring Road made it possible to redistribute traffic flows and reduce the load on outbound routes— Ryazansky Avenue, Entuziastov Highway and Shchelkovskoe Highway, as well as to the eastern sectors of the Moscow Ring Road and the Third Transport Ring (TTK).
In addition, the transport situation in southeastern and eastern sectors of the city, entry into Moscow has become much easier for residents of the Kosino-Ukhtomsky and Nekrasovka districts located outside the Moscow Ring Road, as well as for residents of the city of Lyubertsy in the Moscow Region. In the future, the section of the chord will provide a direct connection with the federal highway alternate Moscow - Kazan.
The North-Eastern Expressway will connect the new route M11 Moscow— St. Petersburg with the Kosinskaya overpass (namely, the interchange at the intersection of the Moscow Ring Road with the Veshnyaki-Lyubertsy highway). The road will connect the largest highways of the city: MKAD, Entuziastov Highway, Izmailovskoye, Shchelkovskoye, Yaroslavskoye, Altufevskoye, Otkrytoye and Dmitrovskoye highways.
In addition, it will be possible to go from the expressway to 15 major Moscow streets, including Festivalnaya, Selskokhozyaystvennaya streets, Berezovaya Alley, 3rd Nizhnelikhoborsky passage, Amurskaya, Shcherbakovskaya, Perovskaya, Yunosti, Papernik streets and others.
Near Bolshaya Academicheskaya Street The North-Eastern Expressway will connect with the North-Western, and in the area of Entuziastov Highway - with the projected South-East. Thus, the North-Eastern Expressway will provide diagonal connection north, east and southeast of the capital. This will relieve congestion in the city center, the Third Ring Road, the Moscow Ring Road and outbound highways.
The route of the new chord will pass through 28 districts Moscow and 10 large industrial zones. With the connection to one of the most important transport arteries of the capital, these industrial zones will also receive prospects for development.
The North-East Expressway will allow private and public transport to access 12 transport hubs, 21 metro and MCC stations, as well as platforms of the Savelovsky and Kazan directions of the Moscow Railway.
The length of the main route of the North-East Expressway will be about 35 kilometers. In total, taking into account exits and reconstruction of the road network, it is planned to build more 100 kilometers of roads, 70 overpasses, bridges and tunnels (total length of about 40 kilometers) and 16 pedestrian crossings. Now, as part of the construction of the North-East Expressway, a 69 kilometers of roads, 58 artificial structures (length 28 kilometers) and 13 pedestrian crossings.
At the moment, the construction of sections of the North-East Expressway has been completed:
— from the Businovskaya transport interchange to Festivalnaya Street;
— from Izmailovskoye to Shchelkovskoye highway;
— from Entuziastov highway to Izmailovskoye highway;
— from the Enthusiastov highway to the Moscow Ring Road.
Contractors have two-year warranty obligations, despite the fact that all documents have been accepted and signed.
“The contractors are not leaving; they still have a number of works related to the railway at the new substation. This substation connects the second stage of the North-Eastern Expressway, which runs from Otkrytoye to Yaroslavskoye Shosse,” noted Pyotr Aksenov.
Traffic will soon be opened along the section of the North-Eastern Expressway from Festivalnaya Street to Dmitrovskoye Highway.
Sections of the highway from Dmitrovskoye to Yaroslavskoye and from Yaroslavskoye to Otkrytoye Shosse are also being designed. As part of these areas, about 33 kilometers of roads.
Four chords
Chord highways are key element the new road frame of Moscow, which has been created in the city for the last eight years. New chords are about 300 kilometers of new roads, 127 overpasses, bridges and tunnels and more 50 pedestrian crossings.
It is planned to build four such highways:
— North-Western Expressway— from Skolkovskoye to Dmitrovskoye highway;
— North-East Expressway— from the new M11 Moscow — St. Petersburg highway to the Kosinskaya overpass;
— South-Eastern Expressway— from Entuziastov highway to Polyany street;
— Southern Rockade— from Rublevskoe highway to Kapotnya.
This fall, the North-Eastern and North-Western Expressways in Moscow will be connected by a turning overpass on Bolshaya Akademicheskaya Street. First Deputy Head of the Construction Department Pyotr Aksenov told reporters about this after visiting one of the sections of the North-East Expressway under construction.
As RG has already written, the capital’s chords in terms of the scale of construction and the impact on city traffic can be compared with the Moscow Ring Road or the Third Ring Road. They will save Muscovites from tens of kilometers of re-runs, which they are now forced to do in order to get to the neighboring area. The chords will allow you to cross through the city without entering the historical center. Moreover, both highways will be free.
In particular, the SZH will run from the Dmitrovskoye to Skolkovskoye highways, and the TSW will run from the Moscow-St. Petersburg toll road to the interchange at the intersection of the Moscow Ring Road and the Veshnyaki-Lyubertsy interchange. After the highways are fully launched, the load on the outbound routes, according to calculations by the Research and Design Institute of the General Plan of Moscow, will decrease by 20-25 percent.
Some sections of the chords are already in use by motorists, and some of their elements are still being completed. For example, the connection between Festivalnaya Street and Dmitrovskoe Highway. It is almost 11 km long, and half of this route goes over bridges and overpasses. Artificial structures were specially designed so that they go as far as possible from houses and do not cause inconvenience to their residents. Nevertheless, just in case, in high-rise buildings in the northeast, builders replaced 6 thousand windows with silent ones. However, construction is already ending. Visually, the overpasses are almost ready; a few things remain to be completed on the engineering side.
We have actually completed 90 percent of the work,” Aksenov said. - But there was a slight delay. On one of the sites there is a Khovrinskaya pumping station, at which communications need to be relocated. In winter, this could not be done without harming the 3.5 thousand local residents whose houses are powered by it.
It turned out that it was possible to turn off the station only on May 15. According to Aksenov’s estimates, the northern section of the expressway can realistically be launched by City Day in September. This will complete the work along almost the entire length of the temporary storage warehouse. Construction is still ongoing on the section between Shchelkovskoye and Otkrytoye highways.
Infographics "RG" / Alexander Chistov / Sergey Babkin
In the near future, in the southwest of the city, the North-Eastern passage will connect with the North-Western one. In the area of Bolshaya Akademicheskaya Street, the construction of several connecting overpasses is planned. The first of them, the turnaround, will be completed in October of this year. It allows you to drive from one chord track to another without wasting time on a detour along Dmitrovskoe Highway. Let me note that the Moscow authorities expect to complete construction of both chords by 2020-2021.
It is planned to open traffic on two sections of the North-East Expressway by early autumn. Over the next month, the initial section from the Businovskaya interchange to the Dmitrovskoye Shosse will be completed, and by the beginning of autumn it is planned to launch traffic along the final section of the route - from the Entuziastov Highway to the Moscow Ring Road.
Read about the stage of readiness of sections of the North-Eastern Expressway and when they are expected to open in the material of the Moscow 24 portal.
From Businovskaya interchange to Dmitrovskoe highway
Now the road between Dmitrovskoe Highway, Festivalnaya Street and Businovskaya Interchange is almost ready, builders are finishing the construction of a two-hundred-meter section in the area of the Khovrinskaya pumping station.
“The Khovrinskaya pumping station, which supplied more than three and a half thousand consumers, fell into the construction zone. We built a new station, but we were able to disconnect all systems from the previous one only on May 15 of this year, and we quickly began to build a two-hundred-meter section. We expect that we will finish in September. We will strive to open traffic for City Day,” First Deputy Head of the Construction Department Pyotr Aksenov told the Moscow 24 portal.
What is ready on the section from Dmitrovskoye Highway to Festivalnaya Street?
More than 11 kilometers of four-lane main road, seven overpasses, two of which are one and a half kilometers long, and ramps ranging from 300 to 500 meters in length were built on the site. A new overpass across the Oktyabrskaya Railway and a bridge over the Likhoborka River were built.
“At the same time, the construction of the overpass across the railway proceeded without stopping the movement of trains,” noted the first deputy head of the Department of Construction.
We also took care of protection from highway noise. “We have replaced six thousand window blocks, and we will also build about two kilometers of noise barriers,” Aksenov promised. According to him, trees will be planted along the road.
In October, a reversal overpass will be built on Bolshaya Akademicheskaya Street, connecting the North-East Expressway with the North-West. “The overpass on Bolshaya Akademicheskaya Street is the first part of the connection of the two expressways. It makes it possible to turn around on Bolshaya Akademicheskaya Street and enter the North-Eastern Expressway without entering Dmitrovskoe Highway,” Aksenov noted.
From the Entuziastov highway to the interchange with the Moscow Ring Road "Veshnyaki - Lyubertsy"
In September, it is planned to open traffic on another section of the North-Eastern Expressway: from Entuziastov Highway to the Veshnyaki-Lyubertsy interchange on the Moscow Ring Road. Here the stumbling block was the old traction substation of the Gorky direction of the Moscow Railway. According to Pyotr Aksenov, the capital’s government has agreed with the Moscow Railway on the demolition of the substation and the construction of a new one.
“We turned off the traction substation and switched it to a new one, after which we began to complete the road. Full traffic from the Entuziastov highway to the interchange with the MKAD “Veshnyaki - Lyubertsy” will open in early autumn,” he promised.
From Otkrytoye to Shchelkovskoe highway
By the end of the year, the capital’s authorities plan to open traffic from Otkrytoye to Shchelkovskoye highway. Overpasses of the main passage and side passages were built here. And also a tunnel under the Shchelkovskoye Highway, which is going to open in the coming months. According to Pyotr Aksenov, the construction of roads more than eight kilometers long with the relocation of utilities is in full swing.
“On the section of the first section, traffic is planned to be opened within the next month. The main work of the first stage of construction has been completed. It includes the laying of about 5.5 kilometers of roads, including the construction of three overpasses about 3.4 kilometers long,” said a government official.
He also noted that thanks to the commissioning of a new section, traffic flows between Shchelkovskoye and Otkrytoye highways will be redistributed. This will reduce the traffic load on Bolshaya Cherkizovskaya, Stromynka, Krasnobogatyrskaya streets and Rusakovskaya embankment. In addition, transport accessibility of the Golyanovo and Metrogorodok districts will increase.
From Dmitrovskoe highway to Yaroslavskoe highway
Next year, construction of the section of the North-Eastern Expressway from Dmitrovskoye to Yaroslavskoye Highway may begin.
“The planning project has passed public hearings, has finally received approval from the Moscow government, design is now underway. The site is very complex, there is a cluster of large industrial enterprises and a huge number of utility networks. We are doing everything possible so that construction begins next year,” said the first deputy head Depstroya.
He emphasized that the design of the site and the liberation of the territory will be carried out at the expense of budget money. “We are already starting to work: demolishing garages and interacting with industrial enterprises that fall into the construction zone,” Aksenov noted.
At the same time, there is a proposal from investors to build a road from Dmitrovskoye to Yaroslavskoye highway on a concession basis, but a final decision on this issue has not yet been made, he explained.
From Otkrytoye to Yaroslavskoe highway
The only section of the North-Eastern Expressway on which no work is currently underway is from Otkrytoye to Yaroslavskoye Highway.
“The problem is that, presumably, the road should pass through the Losiny Ostrov national park, while there is no final decision on the routing of the section. The Moskomarkhitektura is working on the study, when the department completes the work, then we will start talking about the construction of the section,” summed up Pyotr Aksenov .
The North-Eastern Expressway is a first-class citywide main street under construction with continuous traffic. It will run from the Businovskaya interchange along Zelenogradskaya Street. It will cross 4th Likhachevsky Lane and further to the transport interchange with the Northern Road. After which the main line, crossing the tracks of the Oktyabrskaya Railway, will turn east and go along the Small Ring of the Moscow Railway to the Ryazan direction of the Moscow Railway. Further along the railway tracks to the interchange of the Moscow Ring Road with the built section of the new toll federal highway "Moscow - Noginsk - Kazan", which within the borders of Moscow will be a first-class main street of citywide significance. Kosinskoye Highway will become part of the new federal road.
The north-eastern highway will connect major highways in the north-eastern part of Moscow: Izmailovskoye, Shchelkovskoye, Dmitrovskoye, Altufevskoye and Otkrytoye highways.
Northern Rokada is a first-class city-wide main street under construction with continuous traffic. The Rokada has a joint section with the North-Eastern Expressway, 4 lanes wide for both directions - from the Businovskaya interchange to the interchange proper with the temporary storage warehouse at the intersection of the Rokada connecting railway branch No. 2 of the Likhobory station - Khovrino station. Further, the highway, still passing from the western side of the ORR, will have 3 lanes in each direction. After the junction with the temporary storage warehouse, an exit to Likhoborskaya embankment will be built. Then, crossing Cherepanov Passage, the street will extend to the transport interchange with the North-Western Expressway at the intersection with Bolshaya Akademicheskaya Street. After which it will exit onto Dmitrovskoye Highway using the existing highway junction with Valaamskaya Street. The exit point will have 2 lanes in each direction.
On the section of the Northern Road from Bolshaya Akademicheskaya Street to Dmitrovskoye Shosse, a dividing strip and retaining walls will be provided, taking into account the future extension of the highway to Akademika Korolev Street.
According to the project, the North-Eastern Expressway consists of the following sections (from east to north):
Section of the Veshnyaki - Lyubertsy highway in the Kozhukhovo microdistrict (Kosinskoe highway)
The section where the Moscow Ring Road intersects with the Veshnyaki - Lyubertsy highway (Kosinskaya overpass).
Plot from the Moscow Ring Road on the street. Krasny Kazanets to the Veshnyakovsky overpass.
The section from the Veshnyakovsky overpass to the former 4th transport ring along the 1st Mayovka alley and st. Anosova.
A section of the former 4th transport ring to the Oktyabrskaya railway line.
Zelenogradskaya street to the Businovskaya interchange of the Moscow Ring Road.
History of construction
In December 2008, construction of the Veshnyaki-Lyubertsy highway began.
On October 26, 2009, a 4-kilometer section of the Veshnyaki-Lyubertsy highway was opened from Projected Proezd 300 to the street. Bolshaya Kosinskaya.
On September 3, 2011, a kilometer-long section of the Veshnyaki-Lyubertsy highway from Bolshaya Kosinskaya to the MKAD and an interchange with the outer side of the MKAD was opened.
On November 24, 2011, the construction of the interchange of the Veshnyaki - Lyubertsy section with the inner side of the Moscow Ring Road and the exit to Krasny Kazanets Street was completed.
On March 27, 2013, construction of an 8-lane highway along Zelenogradskaya Street began.
On January 30, 2014, traffic was opened on two overpasses of the section of the North-Eastern Expressway from the highway. Enthusiasts to Izmailovskoye Highway.
On December 24, 2014, traffic was opened on the highway from the Businovskaya interchange to the interchange with Festivalnaya Street.
On March 18, 2015, construction began on the section from Izmailovskoye Highway. to Shchelkovskoe highway (construction is scheduled to be completed in 2017).
On December 29, 2015, construction began on the section from Festivalnaya Street. to Dmitrovskoe highway (construction is planned to be completed at the end of 2018)
The capital authorities intend to complete the construction of the section of the North-Eastern Expressway, which will connect Entuziastov Highway and Izmailovskoye Highway, a year ahead of schedule - by the end of the first half of 2016. This was the statement made by Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin after visiting the construction site. The 4 km long overpass will consist of eight lanes - four in each direction, and traffic along it will be carried out in a traffic lightless mode.
The North-Eastern Expressway itself should connect the M11 Moscow - St. Petersburg highways under construction within the Moscow Ring Road and up to the new interchange on the Moscow Ring Road at the intersection with the Veshnyaki - Lyubertsy highway.
Thus, the new road will connect major highways in the north-east of the city: Dmitrovskoye, Altufevskoye, Yaroslavskoye, Shchelkovskoye, Entuziastov highway and Otkrytoe highway. According to the project, the length of the chord will be about 25 km. According to officials, the highway, which is not planned to be made toll, should reduce the traffic load on the Moscow Ring Road, the Third Transport Ring, outbound highways, as well as on the center of Moscow.
The capital's mayor noted that the construction of the section from Entuziastov Highway to Izmailovskoye Highway is comparable in complexity of work and cost to the notorious Alabyano-Baltic Tunnel.
“At one time this was intended for the fourth transport ring, but the project would have been technically impossible. And this huge volume of construction would simply be wasted. Therefore, today we are trying to integrate it into the North-Eastern Expressway. By the end of the year, we must leave Entuziastov Highway with these overpasses and so on, give full speed to the avenue,” Sobyanin said about the prospects. —
Construction of the site is ahead of schedule. Although we have a contract period of 2017, we still need to try to finish it in 2016.”
The mayor's office believes that with the advent of this overpass, transport accessibility to the Sokolinaya Gora, Izmailovo and Preobrazhenskoye districts, located in the east of the city, will improve. “As a result, we will have completed three sections of the North-East Expressway, and then the task will be to connect these sections with each other, giving a complete new city highway,” the mayor added.
Let us recall that construction of the first section of the North-East Expressway began in 2008. As of today, traffic is open on the section Businovskaya interchange - Festivalnaya Street, at the Kosinskaya interchange and the intersection of the chord with Entuziastov Highway before turning onto 2nd Street of Izmailovsky Menagerie.
It is worth noting that the construction of the chord caused discontent among residents of the areas through which it passes.
Among the main claims to officials - the location of the route in close proximity to residential buildings (50-60 m), the massive demolition of garages (about 2 thousand boxes), the cutting down of part of the territory (according to the land survey plan, about 10 hectares) of the historical estate of the Sheremetev family “Kuskovo”, and There is also a risk of failure of the largest sewer in Moscow, through which approximately 40% of all wastewater in the city passes.
Experts say that soil vibrations from traffic flow can damage the collector, which will result in an environmental disaster for the city.
“We are in no way against the construction of the chord. The area is choked by congestion, it requires good transport infrastructure, but during construction it is necessary to take into account the interests of the residents under whose windows the highway will pass,” say the townspeople who signed the petition against the road construction project.
Expert opinions on the North-East Expressway
“Any construction brings inconvenience to local citizens and causes dissatisfaction among residents, be it the construction of a large highway or the replacement of pipes in the courtyard of a residential building,” Alexey Tuzov, first vice-president of the AvtoSpetsTsentr Group of Companies, told Gazeta.Ru. “In this case, I believe that temporary inconveniences, such as cutting down trees or demolishing garages, are justified. In addition, after completion of construction work, it is planned to carry out landscaping of the areas adjacent to the chord, including planting lawns, trees and shrubs and creating additional parking spaces.”
The head of the research and design department of transport and roads, Mikhail Chrestmain, believes that it is correct that one of the first operating sections of the future highway will be the overpass between Izmailovskoye Highway and Entuziastov Highway. “This is the most problematic place in the eastern sector of the city - there are practically no cross-connections between highways and districts,” Crestmain told Gazeta.Ru.
The interlocutor noted that since there are many large parks in the east of Moscow, all residents of the city are interested in this section of the chord.
“Of course, the city needs expressways, even if they cause traffic jams,” says Crestmain. — So we can say that the Third Transport Ring was not worth building. But imagine what it would be like in Moscow now if all the cars from the Third Ring were taken down. In recent years, we have been mainly involved in the reconstruction of highways - for example, Kashirskoye and Varshavskoye highways. Now, large-scale construction of new roads has finally begun, which have enormous efficiency indicators, since they provide cross connections and are laid bypassing the city center.”
Oleg Skvortsov, president of the association of road research organizations RODOS, also supports the idea of creating chord systems in Moscow. “We see that the ring roads that were built under Luzhkov do not solve transport problems,” Skvortsov told Gazeta.Ru. —
The chord, unlike the ring, has exits outside the city. In addition, if several chords are laid, they can end up forming the same ring. Another advantage is that a relatively straight road is shorter than a curve, which means it’s cheaper to build.”
North-Western Expressway
No less controversy and disagreement arises construction in Moscow and another chord - North-Western. One of its sections, the Alabyano-Baltic Tunnel, caused criticism from experts and discontent from local residents.
For the construction of the tunnel, about 800 trees and almost 1.5 thousand bushes were cut down on Narodnogo Opolcheniya Street alone. The volume of compensatory landscaping turned out to be several times less. At the same time, the area hasn’t really gone anywhere yet.
“In 2014, compared to 2010 and 2011, there was a significant deterioration in the average speed of traffic,” says the Traffic Jam report. — This deterioration following the opening of the Alabyano-Baltic Tunnel in the direction from Alabyana Street to Bolshaya Akademicheskaya Street can be explained by the redistribution of transport demand from bypass highways to the section of the North-Western Expressway, noting the presence of a gross design error, consisting in the inadequately low capacity of the highway under construction. As a result of a mistake by the designers, from the moment it was put into operation, the new highway was overloaded with chronic congestion.”
In June of this year, a scandal broke out again around the construction of a section of the highway in the Shchukino district, related to the authorities’ decision to close the through passage on the section of Narodnogo Opolcheniya Street from the intersection with Marshal Vershinin Street to the intersection with Marshal Tukhachevsky Street. Under People's Militia Street there will be a so-called Winchester tunnel, where oncoming traffic flows will not move in parallel, but above each other.
In the first days after the closure, many kilometers of traffic jams formed in the area. Only residents of 13 houses located directly on Narodnogo Opolcheniya Street in the blocking zone were given passes and allowed to move through this area. All other motorists are forced to make a detour, driving around the construction site. According to Moscow officials, this measure will reduce the construction time of the tunnel by one year.
Let us remember that the authorities first thought about the construction of the North-Western Expressway back in 1971. However, the highway project was postponed, and officials returned to this idea only in 2011.
Construction of the route is planned to be completed in 2017. The length of the entire chord will be approximately 29 km - it will stretch from Skolkovskoye to Yaroslavskoye highway. According to the project, two bridges, seven tunnels, 16 overpasses and 47 pedestrian crossings will be built along the entire road.
In addition to the two mentioned expressways, it is also planned to build a Southern Road in Moscow, which will run from Rublevskoye Highway to Borisovskie Prudy Street.
All these highways have become an alternative to the fourth transport ring, the construction of which was abandoned by city officials in December 2010 due to the prohibitive cost of the project - about 1 trillion rubles.