"There were already two bridges, the third one is waiting for the same fate," said senior researcher of the Institute of Water Problems of the Russian Academy of Sciences, candidate of geological and mineralogical sciences, mining engineer-hydrogeologist Yury Medovar in an interview with the "Observer"..

"In this place the bridge can not be built - given the geological structure, absolutely bad soils, the base rocks. This is the worst place, but it was chosen, "he said..

According to the expert, in the Construction Norms and Rules (SNIP), compiled long before the construction of the Crimean bridge and which was "written by specialists with a capital", it was said: "The arch bridge can be built only on rocky rocks, that is, the base must be rocky - hard rocks, granites. Then they keep ". "And here are semi-solid, water-saturated floating clays, in which the stress diagram, the loading diagram is completely different," explained Medovar.

He added that later this sentence was deleted from SNIP. In addition, the authors of the ambitious project saved on geological research - they used the results of the work carried out by the largest institute Hydroproject in the 1970s ".

Studying the structure, the expert asked the question: "Why are they building it from the middle?" "And then it became clear.

The enormous load - 10 thousand tons per 2 supports, and therefore they planted the central archway. But he sank. The grounds sagged unevenly, and this is very scary really, "he said..

"Therefore, instead of Putin driving on the bridge today, he will not pass through the bridge for a very long time," predicted Medovar. And he added: "I have a great desire that Putin traveled through it first. It's interesting to see how it all ends. But he will not go on it, believe me. He is aware of everything that happens there ".