On May 15, 2018, the Crimean Bridge across the Kerch Strait was officially opened. This tremendous infrastructure project linking the peninsula with mainland Russia became a token of Crimea’s reunification with the Russian Federation and gave a powerful boost to the socioeconomic development of the peninsula.
The 19-kilometre bridge, the longest in Europe, has two parallel parts: a railway and motorway sections. As of now, 14 million vehicles (including 1.9 million trucks and 165,000 buses) and 3,500 long-distance trains have crossed the bridge. In March 2020, regular commuter trains were launched between Kerch and Anapa, bringing these two popular tourist destinations in Russia closer together.
Better logistic accessibility of Crimea had an immediate effect on the development of tourism, transport and trade, the key economic sectors in the republic which account for a third of its gross regional product.
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