Translated material
There will be a bridge here
"Russian Planet" - about attempts to build a crossing through the Kerch Strait
After the Crimea joined the Russian, the repeatedly delayed project of the bridge across the Kerch Strait turned into almost a national idea. Its first projects dates back to the end of the 19th century; In 1944, the bridge was built, but lived for three months. Journalist Pyotr Bologov in an article on the “Russian Planet” tells about all projects of the crossing - past and present.
The author of the first project of the bridge across the Kerch Strait was the son of Dmitry Mendeleev Vladimir, but the construction remained on paper. During the Second World War, German troops established the cableway, and in 1944, railway communications were established with the liberated Crimea. The Sea of Azov is one of the most troubled in winter, the Bridge could not stand it and was soon disassembled.
Almost all projects of crossings rest on the most difficult conditions for the implementation - winter storms, icing and the silty bottom of the Kerch Strait.
“The first to build a constant crossing through the Kerch Strait were German invaders. True, it was just a cable car with daylight capacity of a thousand tons. ”