pedestrian walkway and stairs are completely enclosed in a glass canopy; there are two open-air side walkways. Left bank entrance has a two-lane escalator. On the right bank, the main flat walkway extends 240 metres past the pillars through the park. Andreyevsky Rail Bridge (2001) Initially, rail bridge completion had a higher priority and a 15-month fast track schedule, but in real life priorities changed, and the new road bridge was completed first. The old railway bridge, repaired many times, was no longer able to cope with modern demands - In 1998, the speed of trains on the bridge had to be reduced to 40 kilometres per hour - and the decision was taken to dismantle it and build two new bridges at the same location: a railway bridge and a road bridge. Both jobs required removal of old rail bridge, which was done May 22, 1999, after 11 months of preparation. A road bridge of the Third Ring Road and a new railway bridge, both called the Andreyevsky Bridge, are built in its former place. A special feature of the new bridge is its 3% slope towards Luzhniki. Rail service of the Inner Ring was suspended for two years until completion in 2001. New steel arch (engineer S.S.Tkachenko) is superficially similar to Proskuryakov's original design; it is now 21.5 metre tall, with a higher track alignment; width remains the same, 135.0 metres. The bridge has only one (upstream) pedestrian walkway and two copies of four original obelisks. Andreyevsky Road Bridge (2000) New Andreyevsky Road Bridge (Aндреевский автодорожный мост) was completed in December 2000. Design challenge included merging the bridge with the tunnel system under Gagarin Square. Significant incline of roadway ruled out the box girder style in favor of concrete truss arch bridge (lead designer E.G.Gapontsev), set on a 32-metre deep pile foundation. The arch is 135 meters wide and 15 meters high; 39-meter wide roadway has 8 lanes for regular traffic and a single pedestrian and bicycle walkway. An effective and economical solution, however, failed to preserve visual coherence of two adjacent bridges; new structure completely obstructs the fine outline of Proskuryakov's classic . See also Krasnoluzhsky Bridge List of bridges in Moscow References External links walks.ru Bridges in Moscow Railway bridges in Russia Pedestrian bridges in Russia Through arch bridges Bridges completed in 1907 Bridges completed in 2000 Bridges completed in 2001 Concrete bridges Road bridges in