During a working trip to the Zaporizhzhia region, President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy took part in the launch of traffic on the upper part of the new cable-stayed bridge across the Dnieper River, which connects the island of Khortytsia with the center of Zaporizhzhia.
The Living Chain flash mob on the occasion of the Day of Unity of Ukraine took place on the new bridge with the participation of the Head of State, after which the motorcade began testing the new building. Emergency vehicles and civilian cars with the state flags of Ukraine passed through the bridge. A helicopter with a blue and yellow flag also flew over the bridge.
"Today in Zaporizhzhia we see living proof that together we can do everything, we are stronger. Together we can do much better. Together we can do more," Volodymyr Zelenskyy stressed.
According to him, builders from different regions of our country and from outside Ukraine worked at a height of 30-35 meters, around the clock, at different times of the year to do something very important for people, to create something big and special. After all, the height of the pylon of this bridge is 150 meters, or a skyscraper of 50 floors, the length is five football fields, the weight of the entire structure is more than six thousand tons, or 100 Mriya aircraft. And it took 20 months to build what they couldn't do for almost 20 years.
"Today we are uniting Ukraine not only in words - today we are opening the tallest bridge in Ukraine. It was started somewhere in 2004. As a legacy, four Ukrainian presidents passed it on to their successors. But this is in the past, this is history. Today we are finally connecting the center of Zaporizhzhia and our glorious Khortytsia and Khortytsya district," the President said.
Volodymyr Zelenskyy noted that thanks to this bridge, locals will be able to get to their offices and universities faster and more conveniently every day. And special architectural lighting will please all residents.
"May its lights always be bright, and the unity of Zaporizhzhia and Ukraine inextinguishable," the President wished.
The Head of State noted that the opening of the bridge symbolically takes place on the Day of Unity of Ukraine, so from now on the crossing will be a monument of unity.
