In brief

• Kyiv is building two of eight planned temporary Dnipro crossings, due to open by the end of February 2027.
• Each crossing is expected to carry 30–40% of the traffic now moving across the city's bridges.
• The full eight-crossing programme is estimated at 12.5 billion hryvnias, and the Southern Bridge repair will take two to three months.
• A Dnipro tunnel is also under consideration, with an estimated cost of $400–500 million in its simplest form.

Two of eight crossings under construction

Transport Minister Mykola Kalashnyk said two of the eight planned temporary Dnipro crossings in Kyiv are already being built and should open by the end of February 2027 (В Киеве до конца февраля планируют открыть две резервные переправы через Днепр – NV) (У Києві вже будують понтонні переправи, на тунель під Дніпром треба 500 млн євро – міністр – Українська правда). The first two are being constructed by Avtomahistral-Pivden and Avtostrada.

Capacity and design

Each of the first two crossings will have one lane in each direction (У Києві будують нові переправи через Дніпро: скільки смуг руху буде та коли їх відкриють – TSN). The structures are assembled from prefabricated sections: piers are set first, then the road deck is laid on top ("Це вже будується": міністр озвучив, який вигляд матимуть альтернативи мостам у Києві – UNIAN). Kalashnyk said each of the eight crossings could take 30–40% of the traffic currently moving across Kyiv's bridges, and that the largest single crossing could handle up to 130 vehicles a day (Калашник рассказал, сколько времени потребуется для восстановления движения по Южному мосту – NV). Around 600,000 trips a day cross the river from the left bank to the right, with the Northern and Southern bridges the busiest.

Funding

Part of the components came from the United States and Japan's JICA, and talks are under way on about 400 metres of structures from France. Kalashnyk put the first two crossings at nearly 4 billion hryvnias and the full eight-crossing programme at 12.5 billion hryvnias.

Southern Bridge repairs and tunnel plan

The Southern Bridge was damaged in a Russian missile strike in late October. Kalashnyk said restoring traffic on it will take two to three months, financed from Kyiv's municipal budget because the bridge is municipal property. Separately, he said a tunnel under the Dnipro could cost $400–500 million in its simplest form without a metro branch, with preliminary talks with the European Investment Bank on $100 million under way. He estimated construction at two to three years if started now (Тунель під Дніпром у Києві: в уряді назвали терміни, за які можуть збудувати переправу – TSN) (В Києві можуть прокласти тунель під Дніпром: міністр назвав терміни та вартість – UNIAN).