Crimean bridge set a new record of traffic

6 August 2018

The Russians continued to go to the Peninsula

Open in may the Crimean bridge continues to gain popularity. In previous times about the record traffic we talked back in June. On 10 June at the crossing drove more than 25 thousand cars. Now we are talking about 32 406 cars. Take into account the movement in both directions.

The record was set on August 5. According to the news Agency "Crimean bridge", while the total volume of traffic dominates the flow in the direction of the Crimea. Saying the holiday season: the Russians rushed on vacation. Thus, movement among Sunday (5 Aug fell on Sunday) more than 19,000 vehicles traveled to the Peninsula. Thus, to the mainland, we stopped about 13 000 vehicles, that is one and a half times less.

Experts expect that in the second half to begin a massive outflow of tourists before the start of the new academic year, so that soon we will witness the reverse situation.

According to the information center "Crimean bridge" with the last record it had been several days: 15 July-a new transport artery passed 31 511 cars. If to speak about average activity in July, then in July it increased to 24.8 thousand per day.

Car traffic on the new transport artery was started on may 16. The day before, on may 15, was the Grand opening of the Crimean bridge. The meeting was attended by the President of Russia: Vladimir Putin drove across the bridge behind the wheel of a KAMAZ.