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Last weekend President Dmitry Medvedev visited the construction sites of infrastructure for the 2012 APEC summit in Vladivostok.
He examined the site of the bridge being built over the Golden Horn Bay which will be the final stage of the highway from Vladivostok Airport to Knevichi Sanatorna station which will be used to ferry guests for the Summit to Goldobina Peninsula and the bridge to Russky Island which will be the summit venue.The bridge to Russky Island is designed to be one of the world’s largest suspension bridges with its central span totaling 1,104 metres. From pier to pier the bridge will be over three km in length and will carry a four-lane highway.
Construction is scheduled for completion in the second quarter of 2012.
In addition, the President toured the construction site for Far Eastern Federal University on Russky Island which will be used for the Summit before reverting to university use.
