OREANDA-NEWS. November 17, 2011. Mostotrest has entered into a government contract to rebuild a bridge over the Moscow River on Moscow's Smaller Ring Road (running through the communities of Iksha, Noginsk, Bronnitsa, Golitsyno and Istra). The bridge is located at km 25+591 of Moscow's Smaller Ring Road, in the town of Bronnitsa (Moscow Region), between Egoryevskoye and Ryazanskoye Avenues.

The RUB1.998 billion (VAT inclusive) contract is to be completed within 26 months as of the contract date.

Central Russia Federal Highway Directorate of the Federal Highway Agency acts as the client under the rebuilding project designed by Mosgyprotrans. Based on assessment of competitive bids, Mostotrest has been announced as the winner in the open tender for the project.

According to the approved project documentation, the total length of the river crossing will be 1,306.72 meters, with a 309.5 meter-long bridge. Under the project, Mostotrest will build a new bridge within 27 meters downstream of the existing bridge, as well as 2 exits and a pedestrian tunnel, and will re-arrange engineering tie-ins. The existing bridge will be dismantled upon completion of the new construction.

Moscow's Smaller Ring Road designates A107 Federal Highway, popularly referred to as Betonka (Concrete Pad Road) or Pyatidesyatikilometrovka (The 50-Kilometer Drive). Built in the 1950s, the highway is 335 km long, with Kilometer Zero lying at the intersection with Dmitrovskoye Avenue. The highway first appeared on Russia’s Road Map in 1993.

Mostotrest (including LLC Corporation Engtransstroy and LLC Transstroymekhanisatsiya) is the largest diversified infrastructure and bridge-building company in Russia. According to PMR, the independent industry consultancy, Mostotrest had an 8.4% share of the total Russian infrastructure construction market in 2010 (excluding road maintenance and rehabilitation). Mostotrest’s core competences include construction and rehabilitation of automobile, railway and urban bridges, automobile roads and other transport infrastructure.

The company was established in 1930 as a developer of complex and oversized bridges, and has built and rehabilitated more than 7,500 infrastructure projects (bridges, flyovers, tunnels and interchanges) to date.

Mostotrest is currently implementing major infrastructure development projects across Russia, including transport infrastructure for the 2014 Sochi Olympics, Enthusiasts Avenue traffic interchange in Moscow, as well as infrastructure projects along M-4 Don, M-7 Volga and other highways.

Mostotrest Ownership Structure:

38.6%: Marc O’Polo Investments (beneficiary shareholders: Arkady Rotenberg and top-managers of N-Trans, including Constantin Nikolayev, Nikita Mishin and Andrei Filatov);

26.5%: Blagosostoyanye Pension Fund

34.9%: free float.