with river traffic on the Lena. During the summer months, passenger ferries depart downriver from Ust-Kut to Yakutsk and Tiksi. There is a road bridge over the river in Ust-Kut. There are also shipyards and food production in the town. Ust-Kut is spread along the Baikal–Amur Mainline with multiple stations, including the smaller Ust-Kut station and the actual main station Lena near the river port in Osetrovo. At the small settlement of Yakurim a few kilometers further, the railway crosses the Lena via a bridge, the last bridge across the river for its entire length. The town is served by the Ust-Kut Airport, located northwest of the town center. References Notes Sources Cities and towns in Irkutsk Oblast Populated places established in 1631 Bridges over the Lena River 1631 establishments in Russia Irkutsk Governorate Populated places on the Lena River