TAMAN, December 23. /TASS/. About 14 mln people will travel over the Crimean Bridge and 13 mln tonnes of goods will be carried, President Vladimir Putin said at the opening ceremony for the railway traffic over the bridge.

"It is planned to carry 14 mln passengers and about 13 mln tonnes of goods in the next year [over the Crimean Bridge]," the head of state said.

The 19-kilometer Crimean Bridge, the longest one in Russia, links the Taman Peninsula (Russia’s Krasnodar Region) and the Kerch Peninsula (Crimea). It will provide uninterrupted transport link between Crimea and other regions of Russia.