Bridge over the river Lena

Design and construction timelines: 2020 to 2028

On February 13, 2020, a concession agreement was signed between the Government of the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia) and OOO Eighth Concession Company (part of VIS Group) on the design, construction and operation of a bridge across the Lena River in Yakutia. OOO National Infrastructure Company (a consortium of the Rostec state corporation and VIS Group) is the management company of OOO Eighth Concession Company. The project is based on a private concession initiative.

The cable-stayed bridge spans 4.6 km, and the total length of the road will be 14.5 km. The two-lane transport artery will have an estimated capacity of 5,300 vehicles per day.

The construction of the first bridge across the Lena River in Yakutia is a large-scale infrastructure project that has no analogues in the international bridge-building practice. No one has ever built cable-stayed bridges in the harsh climatic conditions of the permafrost zone.

Due to the absence of year-round overland communication between the Eastern and Western parts of Yakutia, about 70% of its population has no connection with the mainland for 5-6 months out of a year. The new bridge crossing will reduce the budgetary costs of "northern delivery" and replace the unsafe winter roads and overcrowded ferries that operate on the river in the summer. Passenger traffic is expected to increase to 8 million people a year with the launch of the bridge. The cumulative positive effect on Yakutia’s GRP growth may reach up to 3% annually.

The Lena Bridge will be the first in the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia) and will connect the Trans-Siberian and Baikal-Amur railways with the Northern Sea Route. The new bridge will connect the Lena and Kolyma federal highways with the Vilyui highway, effectively linking the Eastern part of Russia with the coast of the Sea of Okhotsk. It will make it possible to create a transport and logistics hub that combines railway, river and air transport, as well as routes of republican significance, to form the Eastern Siberia - Mirny - Yakutsk – Magadan northern latitudinal belt.

According to the experts of the Ministry of Economic Development of the Russian Federation, the socio-economic effects of the project are slated to exceed investments by 1.6 times. Its implementation will contribute to the development of the construction industry in the region, improve the business climate and contribute to the development of adjacent territories. This will have a significant multiplier effect in the region: the creation of new jobs, the growth of budget revenues, the development of territories and the improvement of the quality of life of the population.