The Kerch Strait bridge is 12 miles long and will connect Russia with Crimea when it opens at the end of 2018

The £2.6 billion

bridge consists

of a four lane road

and a two track

railway

Ukraine

Russia

Crimea

Black Sea

Turkey

Kerch

Arch section allows

for shipping channel

Crimea

Kerch

strait bridge

Kerch

strait

Taman

Russia

5 km

5 miles

Statue of Liberty

at same scale

35 metres

227m

Existing ferry

crossing

Kerch

Arch section allows

for shipping channel

Crimea

Tuzla Island

5 km

5 miles

Ukraine

Kerch strait

Kerch strait road

and rail bridge

Taman

Russia

Crimea

Black Sea

Russia

Statue of

Liberty at

same scale

Turkey

35 metres

227m