SIMFEROPOL, July 22. /TASS/. The car traffic through the Crimean Bridge has been temporarily shut down, the official Telegram channel on the situation on the bridge announced Saturday.

"The car traffic over the Crimean Bridge has been temporarily suspended. We ask those who are currently on the bridge to remain calm and to follow instructions of transport security officers," the announcement says.

The cause of the shutdown has not been specified.

Earlier, the authorities developed a memo for drivers with an algorithm of action in case of alarm on the Crimean Bridge. In particular, the drivers are recommended to follow the instructions from the loudspeaker system, stay in the vehicle, make no dangerous maneuvers and head to the exit "while maintaining set speed limit." The drivers are also asked "not to film the event and not to upload such footage to the Internet".