Western high-speed diameter with new highway has been established in Saint-Petersburg

The roundabout, which connected the New Highway with the Western High-Speed ​​Diameter in the Kurortny district of St. Petersburg, has been launched in St. Petersburg. The roundabout consists of an overpass and three exits longer than two kilometers. The new road will reduce the path to the city center, as well as unload the highways, located nearby.

The new roundabout will provide Sertolovo, Pesochny and Levashovo villages residents with the convenient access to the WHSD, which will reduce the travel time to the city center by 30 minutes. Besides the trip along the WHSD will be reduced by 12 km.

The WHSD additional congresses organization will remove the transport load from the Vyborg highway at the intersection with the Gorsky highway, Priozersky highway and Sand highway. Besides a new WHSD will provide the prospects for the «Beloostrov» industrial zone development with an area of 182 hectares.

Automobile traffic was launched along the overpass on the St. Petersburg - Buslovskaya section, located on the 28th kilometer of the Oktyabrskaya Railway. The facility construction was carried out within the «High-speed passenger train traffic organization on the St. Petersburg - Buslovskaya Oktyabrskaya Railway» investment project section while being carried out in conjunction with the WHSD exit construction on New Highway.

A single-level railway, crossing St. Petersburg on the on the 29th km - Buslovskaya section (Levashovo-Beloostrov crossing), will be eliminated due to the overpass with over 100 m length.