The Metro Bridge () is the only bridge of the

Kharkiv Metro The Kharkiv Metro () is the rapid transit system that serves the city of Kharkiv, the second largest city in Ukraine. The metro was the second in Ukraine (after Kyiv Metro, Kyiv) and the sixth in the Soviet Union, USSR when it opened on 22–23 ...

, located between the

Kyivska Kyiv Oblast (, ), also called Kyivshchyna (, ), is an oblast (province) in central and northern Ukraine. It surrounds, but does not include, the city of Kyiv, which is administered as a city with special status. However, Kyiv also serves as the ...

and Akademika Barabashova stations on the

Saltivska Line The Saltivska line (, ) is the second line of the Kharkiv Metro operating since 1984, serving Kharkiv, the second largest city in Ukraine. The Saltivska Line is the shortest line segment of the system, at , with a total of eight stations. Unique ...

. The bridge crosses above the

Kharkiv River The Kharkiv or Kharkov (, ) is a river in Kharkiv Oblast, Ukraine, a left tributary of the Lopan. It originates from the town of Oktyabrsky in Belgorod Oblast, Russia and it falls into Lopan in the city of Kharkiv. The river Kharkiv may have g ...

and is fully enclosed without any windows to maintain the air flow. Its construction forced the demolition of a section of the Zhuravlivka private residential sector. Two pillars of a future road bridge were constructed, but this was halted due to the presence of Barbashova, the largest industrial goods market in Ukraine. The bridge is closed to air and does not have windows to promote the function of its ventilation system. It was initially painted blue, however it was later painted green.

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Kharkiv Metro Bridges in Kharkiv Railroad bridges in Kharkiv Oblast {{Ukraine-bridge-struct-stub