Kazakhstan’s longest bridge was opened in East Kazakhstan Region on October 21 across the Bukhtarma reservoir.
The two-lane automobile bridge is 1,316 meters long, and up to 80,000 vehicles can pass through it per day.
At a meeting with local residents at the opening ceremony, Prime Minister Olzhas Bektenov said that the new bridge, which connects six districts of East Kazakhstan Region, will ensure year-round safe movement of vehicles and give an impetus to the socio-economic development of East Kazakhstan.
“For 50 years, residents of the region traveled [across the reservoir] either by ferry in the summer or directly on the ice in the winter, and have been waiting for the construction of the bridge for a long time,” Bektenov emphasized.
Now the distance that used to take hours to cover can be covered in a few minutes.
East Kazakhstan is a strategic region through which important transport corridors pass. The bridge across the Bukhtarma reservoir will improve transport and logistics routes, ensure uninterrupted connections with bordering countries, and also help unlock the tourism potential of East Kazakhstan.
Photo: primeminister.kz
