The solemn opening ceremony of the construction of the bridge over the river Nadym will be held on the 28th of September, 2011

The bridge is the first step of a grand-scale construction of the XXI century - the construction of the Northern latitudinal railway, which will be held on the territory of the Yamalo-Nenetsky Autonomous District and will connect the cities of Old Nadym and Nadym.

The ceremony will be opened by the Presidential Plenipotentiary of the RF in the Urals Federal District, Evgeniy Kuyvashev. The event will also be attended by the Governor of the Yamalo-Nenetsky Autonomous District, Dmitry Kobylkin, as well as by the delegation of foreign companies led by the heads of organizations participating in the project, and also by the management staff of the "Ural Industrial - Ural Polar" Corporation. During the official part of the ceremony a "time capsule" containing wishes for the descendants is will be placed.

Recall, that a combined bridge will become the largest artificial construction of transport infrastructure in the Nadym region. The bridge will be 1.334 kilometers long with the deck - 110 m.

The construction of the bridge promises to be one of the most ambitious construction projects, not only on the Yamal Peninsula, but throughout the Urals Federal District. The main difficulty in the unique construction of the bridge is in the harsh Arctic conditions, and in its far-off location from the company-producers of basic materials needed for the construction. In this regard, the decision to prepare the hydraulic concrete in place was made. Due to the high temperature permafrost, for the greater strength and stability of the structures, the unit reinforced concrete piles are will be used as the base supports of the bridge, and the supporting piles themselves are will be constructed in the water from crafts.

The social importance of the bridge construction is totally invaluable.

In the future, the bridge will provide a crossing over the river Nadim by the railway line "Salekhard - Nadym" and by the road "Surgut - Salekhard". There are no bridge crossings between the riversides at the moment. The locals are forced to use the "winter roads" in the winter period to cross the river and in the summer the local people use ferries and barges. So due to the difficulty of delivery, the cost of consumer goods, including food and medicines, is much higher than in the European countries. All these factors greatly slow the pace of the socio-economic development of the Northern cities. Already, the residents of the Yamal called the future highway "the road of life" because it will radically change the quality of their lives.

Not only the local people of the Yamal are interested in the realization of this project, many local companies are already predicting their future plans for the transportation of goods using the bridge over the river Nadym. The new transport corridor, which will be constructed by the "Ural Industrial - Ural Polar" Corporation, will open new possibilities for the transportation of products of enterprises of the Yamalo-Nenetsky Autonomous District to the Central Federal District and to the North-Western Federal District, as well as the transportation for export through the ports in the Northwest.

The value of the Yamalo-Nenetsky Autonomous District is determined, above all, by its rich natural deposits. In this regard, the main goods which are will be carried across the river will be the mineral resources of the Yamal Peninsula, and the place of their location is near the railway line under the construction. It is predicted that the traffic volume of gas condensate and oil products by the year 2025 will be increased to 20 million tons.

Overall, the bridge over the river Nadym will:

It should be noted that carrying out the construction within the beautiful region of our country, the conservation of the pristine nature of the North is a priority for the Corporation. The great attention is paid to the preservation of the cultural heritage of indigenous people and the ecology of the environment of the region.

Breeding is the main occupation of the locals, so the construction plan provides 11 special transitions in the places of migration of the reindeer. A complex for the protection of fish stocks is prepared and will be implemented; all of the equipment will be refueled outside of the floodplains on specially prepared areas with the fuel tanks provided. The environmental monitoring activities are planned for the period of the construction.

The construction of the combined bridge across the river Nadym will be completed in the year 2015.