Yuribey Bridge
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The Yuribey Bridge is a 3.9 kilometre long railway bridge on the Obskaya–Bovanenkovo Line
. It was completed in 2009. It is the world’s longest bridge located above the Arctic Circle
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The bridge was constructed by Gazprom
in a harsh environment including the need to build on permafrost, which required an innovative approach to the construction technique and bridge design.
Obskaya–Bovanenkovo Line
The Obskaya–Bovanenkovo Line is a 525 km long railway line in northern Russia. It was opened for traffic in 2010, and was built for the gas fields around Bovanenkovo on the Yamal Peninsula, the Yamal project. The railway contains a 3.9 kilometer long bridge, the Yuribey Bridge. At Obskaya, it is...
. It was completed in 2009. It is the world’s longest bridge located above the Arctic Circle
Arctic Circle
The Arctic Circle is one of the five major circles of latitude that mark maps of the Earth. For Epoch 2011, it is the parallel of latitude that runs north of the Equator....
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The bridge was constructed by Gazprom
Gazprom
Open Joint Stock Company Gazprom is the largest extractor of natural gas in the world and the largest Russian company. Its headquarters are in Cheryomushki District, South-Western Administrative Okrug, Moscow...
in a harsh environment including the need to build on permafrost, which required an innovative approach to the construction technique and bridge design.