Moscow's new link

Moscow's new Zvenigorodskoye Highway arterial road project should be complete by September 2012.
February 24, 2012 Read time: 1 min
Moscow's new Zvenigorodskoye Highway arterial road project should be complete by September 2012. The route provides a link to Moscow's business centre and will have three lanes in each direction. , reports Andrey Bochkarev, the head of the Moscow Construction Department. The project also includes the construction of five pedestrian underpasses along the existing Tretya Magistralnaya Street. Some US$344.6 million has already been invested in the project.

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