Bridge collapses in Pavlodar due to soil washout

PAVLODAR. KAZINFORM - Bridge connecting Pavlodar with North industrial zone partially collapsed yesterday, the regional Emergency Department reported.

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"Asphalt-concrete pavement of the so-called Kutuzovsky bridge has collapsed due to soil washout," the press service of Pavlodar city administration informed. At the time of the incident vehicular traffic on the bridge has been closed. It bears to remind that last year 130 million tenge was allocated for renovation of the over-bridge. The lower part of the bridge, which has collapsed, was not repaired.