Airport, the largest airport in Moscow, which makes the avenue connecting the city center with the highway an even more important street in Moscow. Local transportation developed from trams (1901–2005) to trolleybuses (1933) and subway (1938). Leningradsky Prospekt itself is home to the future Dynamo Stadium and CSKA Moscow's winter and basketball arenas. Educational institutions include: Moscow Aviation Institute State Financial Academy Moscow Automobile Road Institute Moscow Food Institute Notable buildings include the Triumph-Palace skyscraper and the 1730s baroque Church of All Saints (photographs) near the Sokol station. Its bell tower is one of Russia's leaning towers. Highway construction, 2005–2008 Since 2005, the city of Moscow is engaged in a multi-billion project of converting Leningradsky arterial, from downtown Tverskaya Street to MKAD, into a 12-lane, non-stop freeway with frontage roads. Authorities declare the goal is improving transportation to remote districts beyond MKAD and Sheremetyevo Airport, however, the worst bottleneck on the road, in the city of Khimki, is not addressed at all. In addition, the project began with irreversible destruction of the public tram route along the Prospekt. In March, 2006, the approved project stages were valued at 57 billion roubles (2.1 billion US Dollars) ; the city has placed an absolute cap on this project at 1 trillion roubles (38 billion US dollars). The plan includes the following stages (from city center to MKAD): Central segment (starting Q2, 2007 to be completed 2009) Redevelopment of Pushkin Square with tunnels and shopping space Redevelopment of Triumphalnaya Square Redevelopment of Belorussky Rail Terminal Square Tunnel between Pushkin Square and Belorussky Rail Terminal Rearranging traffic in parallel Brestky Streets, Bronnaya Streets etc. Leningradsky Prospekt segment Additional overpass at the Third Ring crossing (completed 2006) Tunnel near Dinamo (Metro) (completed December 2006) Tunnel near Aeroport (Metro) with ramps to Khodynka residential district (completed February, 2007 ) Raised overpass connecting the Prospekt with Leningradsky Highway (to be completed 2008) Leningradsky Highway segment (not completed 2013) Redevelopment near Voykovskaya Non-stop crossing with Festivalnaya Street Construction of a second five-lane Leningradsky Bridge Rebuilding MKAD crossing (completed 2013) So far, there are no definite plans of reconstructing the highway in Khimki. There are plans to build a bypass private toll road to the airport currently in design stage. Public transportation access Daytime traffic is frequently paralyzed by construction detours, thus the only reliable transportation is through Zamoskvoretskaya Line of Moscow Metro (Belorusskaya to Sokol). References П.В.Сытин, "Из