Friday, May 21 - The Trans-Siberian Adventure, Leg 10

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Friday, May 21 - The Trans-Siberian Adventure, Leg 10

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Our destination this week is Khabarovsk. The Khabarovsk Bridge across the Amur River was completed in 1916, allowing Trans-Siberian trains to cross the river without using ferries and completing the rail link from Vladivostok to Moscow. The bridge remained the longest bridge in Imperial Russia and the Soviet Union for decades, being 2,590 metres (8,500 ft) long.


The bridge construction was supposed to be done in only 26 months. However, a year after construction began, the First World War broke out, and since the spans were manufactured in Poland they had to be brought to Khabarovsk by sea all the way around Eurasia. In the fall of 1914 a merchant ship carrying the last two spans was sunk in the Indian Ocean by the German cruiser Emden, delaying the completion of the bridge by more than a year. The bridge was finally completed for an official opening on October 5, 1916. It was named Alekseyevsky after Alexei Nikolaevich, Tsarevich of Russia.


In 1999, a new bridge was built right next to the old one, carrying automobile and rail traffic on two levels. It is 3,890 metres (12,762 ft) long. The original spans of the old bridge were dismantled in the 21st century, though its supports were preserved. One of the spans of the old bridge was saved, restored and set on the banks of the Amur in the Museum of Khabarovsk Bridge, which is located nearby.

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At a touch under 350 nautical miles we're taking Comanches and Bonanzas for this one. Skyvector looks like: https://skyvector.com/?ll=49.3923848209 ... 26E%20UHHH

Meet at: 1730 GMT for a 1800 departure.

Meet on: Digital Theme Park on JoinFS.

Comms through A2A Discord channel.

Start at: Blagoveshchensk/Ignatyevo Airport, UHBB.

Local takeoff time: 0700

Weather: Real, historical.

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