The Ministry of Transport of Russia recently announced that the motor traffic along the Kerch bridge will be opened by the end of 2018. Such a statement was made by the head of the Ministry of the Russian Federation Maxim Sokolov.

According to him, we confirm that by the end of 2018. the traffic on the automobile part of the Crimean transport passage will be open, and this applies both to the bridge structure and approaches to it - also stressed in the Ministry of Transport. Also in the department noted that in 2017. the construction of the bridge "has already reached the home stretch". The arches of the bridge above the Kerch Strait have already been installed.

As reported URA-Inform, in the Kerch Strait in 2017. collapsed passenger bus.