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Crimean Bridge to be closed temporarily to motor vehicles on January 31

The road part of the bridge to be fully closed from 12 a.m. to 12 p.m. Moscow time for repair and recovery activities

MOSCOW, January 29. /TASS/. The Crimean Bridge will be temporarily closed to cars from 12 a.m. to 12 p.m. Moscow time on January 31 for repair work, the Russian Transport Ministry said in a statement on its Telegram channel on Sunday.

"Restrictions on the movement of transport will be imposed on the motor road approaches to the Crimean bridge at 11 p.m. Moscow time on January 30, with the road part of the bridge to be fully closed on January 31, 2023, from 12 a.m. to 12 p.m. Moscow time for repair and recovery activities," the statement reads.

A truck exploded on the Crimean Bridge on October 8, 2022, causing several fuel tanks of a train to catch fire. Two spans of the bridge’s roadway toward the peninsula collapsed. On December 5, 2022, motor vehicle traffic on the right part of the bridge’s highway section was resumed. Repair activities are currently underway to reconstruct the left side of the bridge’s highway section.