Moscow opens new MCD ramp to Kashirskoe Highway
A ramp has opened, providing access from the Moscow Highway to Kashirskoye Highway.
Consensus
- A new elevated ramp connecting the Moscow Central Diameter (MСD) to Kashirskoe Highway was opened.
- The ramp is 800 meters long and two-lane.
- The construction was carried out over the MCD-2 railway lines using technical windows to avoid disrupting train traffic.
- The project reduces travel time from six minutes to one minute on the ramp.
- Traffic congestion on Kashirskoe Highway and Kaspiskaya Street is reduced.
- The improvement benefits four districts: Moskvorechye-Saburovo, Tsaritsyno, Orekhovo-Borisovo Severnoye, and Brateyevo.
- Approximately 440,000 people live in the affected districts.
- The Moscow Central Diameter (MCD) is a major transportation project in Moscow.
Points of divergence
- The ramp provides direct connectivity between MСD and the Southern Ring Road. — ntv
- The ramp is part of a larger project that includes 1.7 km of roads, side roads along Kashirskoe Highway, access roads, and a reconstructed underground pedestrian crossing near house number 57 on Kashirskoe Highway. — ntv
- The time to exit MСD onto Kashirskoe Highway decreases from six to one minute. — tg_mos_sobyanin
- The number of vehicles using the ramp is projected at 6,200 per day. — vm
- The load on Kaspiskaya Street decreases by 50%, and on Kashirskoe Highway by 8%. — vm
Coverage (4 sources)
- Sobyanin spoke about opening a new meeting with MCD on Kashirskoye Highway — Вечерняя Москва
- In the capital, a congress with MSK opened on Kashirskoye Highway — НТВ Москва
- We continue to develop our main road project of recent years — Moscow Expressway — Мэр Москвы Сергей Собянин
- Sergey Sobyanin reported on opening of new exit with MSD on Kashirskoye Highway — Вечерняя Москва