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Authorities are considering a ban on vehicles heavier than 1.5 tons to relieve infrastructure congestion. The main freight traffic could be redirected to the Novorossiya Highway, which is planned for expansion.
Authorities are considering introducing additional restrictions on the Crimean Bridge for vehicles weighing over 1.5 tons. Anatoly Borisenko, head of the Crimean State Traffic Safety Inspectorate, announced this in an interview with Komsomolskaya Pravda. He stated that this measure is aimed at reducing the burden on the infrastructure facility.
If the decision is made, traffic flow toward Dzhankoy along the Novorossiya Highway is expected to increase. This route is planned to be expanded to four lanes in the future to increase its capacity. This is not the first time traffic restrictions have been tightened on the bridge. As a reminder, electric and hybrid vehicles have been banned from crossing the bridge since November 3, 2025. As previously reported, the decision was made on the recommendation of law enforcement agencies for security purposes.
The Krasnodar Krai task force recommends that owners of vehicles subject to restrictions use the route through Taganrog, Mariupol, Melitopol, and Dzhankoy as an alternative. This route is not new to logistics operators: it has previously been proposed for freight transport between Crimea and Kuban, as well as to relieve bridge congestion during the summer tourist season. Therefore, authorities are consistently working to redistribute traffic flows, striving to minimize risks and delays on this key artery.
As a reminder, modern portal-type inspection and screening systems will not be installed on the approaches to the Crimean Bridge in the near future. As Grigory Nazarov, press secretary for the construction department of JSC VAD for the Republic of Crimea, explained, there is simply no space for portal scanners at the existing stationary "Taman" inspection and screening system, located before the bridge exit. They require a separate site, and an interchange is located three hundred meters from the "Taman" inspection and screening system. This significantly complicates the search for a suitable site that meets safety requirements.
Publication date: 01/20/2026
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