Kerch railway bridge
The Kerch railway bridge, also called the Kerch Bridge, was a short-lived Soviet Russian railway bridge across the Kerch Strait, which connects the Black Sea with the Sea of Azov.- Type: Ruins
- Description: 1944-1945 Soviet railway bridge
- Also known as: “Kerch railroad bridge”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Yeni-Kale.
Yeni-Kale
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Yeni-Kale is a fortress located on the shore of Kerch Strait in the city of Kerch. Yeni-Kale is situated 3½ km northwest of Kerch railway bridge.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Chushka and Port Kavkaz.
Chushka
Village
Chushka is an abandoned village on the Chushka Spit in Zaporozhskoye Rural Settlement of Temryuksky District, in Krasnodar Krai, Russia. It is located beside Port Kavkaz, which includes the Kerch Strait ferry terminal, near the end of the spit.
Port Kavkaz
Locality
Photo: Solundir, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Port Kavkaz is a small harbour on the Chushka Spit in Krasnodar Krai, Russia, on the eastern side of Kerch Strait. It is adjacent to the village of Chushka, which is now largely deserted due to the toxic effects of the port. Port Kavkaz is situated 3 km northeast of Kerch railway bridge.
Zhukovka
Suburb
Photo: Solundir, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Zhukovka is a suburb, which is situated 5 km north of Kerch railway bridge.
Kerch railway bridge
- Categories: railway bridge and historic site
- Location: Krasnodar Krai and Adygea, Southern Russia, Russia, Eastern Europe, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
45.32852° or 45° 19′ 43″ northLongitude
36.63748° or 36° 38′ 15″ eastOpen location code
8GQR8JHP+CXOpenStreetMap ID
way 652447182OpenStreetMap feature
historic=ruinsWikidata ID
Q19909595
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Ukrainian—“Kerch railway bridge” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “جسر كيرتش للسكك الحديدية”
- Armenian: “Կերչի երկաթուղային կամուրջ”
- Chinese: “克赤铁路桥”
- Chinese: “克赤鐵路橋”
- Chinese: “刻赤铁路桥”
- Dutch: “Kerch railroad bridge”
- Egyptian Arabic: “كوبرى سكة حديد كيرتش”
- French: “pont ferroviaire de Kertch”
- French: “Pont ferroviaire de Kertch”
- German: “Brücke über die Straße von Kertsch”
- German: “Brückenpfeiler”
- German: “Eisenbahnbrücke über die Straße von Kertsch”
- Japanese: “ケルチ鉄道橋”
- Polish: “most kolejowy nad Cieśniną Kerczeńską (1944–1945)”
- Polish: “most kolejowy nad Cieśniną Kerczeńską (1944)”
- Polish: “most kolejowy nad Cieśniną Kerczeńską”
- Portuguese: “Ponte ferroviária de Querche”
- Romanian: “Podul feroviar Kerci”
- Russian: “Керченский железнодорожный мост”
- Russian: “Керченский мост”
- Russian: “Опора старого Керченского железнодорожного моста”
- Ukrainian: “Перший керченський залізничний міст”
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Highlights include Искусственный остров and Лисий.
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