OREANDA-NEWS. OJSC Mostotrest completed reconstruction of the Businovskaya Interchange on the Moscow Ring Road (MRR), a first five level traffic interchange in Russia, which has become the most ambitious infrastructure project in modern Moscow.

As the entrance to the Moscow - St. Petersburg Highway, the reconstructed interchange will abate the traffic load on the main section of the M-10 "Russia" Highway near Khimki, ensure transport links between the city and the Moscow Region, ensure access to the left bank of Khimki, connect MRR and the Northern Beltway in Moscow.

On December 23, the company commissioned the main road section (left and right overpasses), which is a part of the Moscow - St. Petersburg Highway. 4 exit overpasses are also open for traffic. Overpasses #2, 3, 4 provided for traffic from MRR to Moscow and the Moscow Region, while the overpass #6 ensures road users can get to the inside part of MRR from the main section of the Moscow - St. Petersburg Highway. Previously, ten new exit roads were opened for traffic. They connected MRR and the existing roadway network of Moscow City (Khovrino and Businovo districts) and of the Moscow Region (Khimki's Levoberezhny district).

OJSC Mostotrest and the state-run company Russian Highways signed a contract to reconstruct the Businovskaya Traffic Interchange in November 2011. The project included the construction of the main section of an 8-lane motor road; 7 overpasses (including 5 exit overpasses); 12 exit roads of the junction with the length of more than 5 km; reconstruction of the existing flyover on the MRR over Oktyabrskaya railway. The company implemented the deicer system and the automated traffic control system, and installed protective screens.

Most project works have been completed by now. At this time, the company is finishing the erection of the exit road #5 (entry from Moscow) (Festivalnaya Street) to the inside part of MRR, which will be commissioned next year.

About 1,500 builders were employed daily at the reconstruction of the most ambitious project in the Russian capital. Construction was carried out without stopping the traffic in the area, including on MRR and in close proximity to Oktyabrskaya railway lines.

Mostotrest employed unique construction technology and advanced equipment. In particular, it used pile-driving devices to build pier foundations near the high-pressure gas pipeline; cyclic longitudinal sliding of monolithic superstructures over MRR; sliding of superstructures on small radius curves; continuous concreting units at reinforced superstructures; unique crane equipment with lifting capacity of 500 tons.