The North-Eastern Chord (), abbreviated as CBX, is a

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that was completed and opened on September 22, 2022. The motorway starts from the south end of the Moscow-Saint Petersburg motorway to along the

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, and ends at the Veshnyaki-Lyubertsy interchange with the

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(MKAD), where east-bound the expressway gives access to Kosinskaya Highway and ultimately the M12 highway. The motorway links the

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and the

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and will help unload traffic at the MKAD by 20—25% and redistribute traffic flows at the Third Ring Road, Shchelkovsky highway, Entuziastov highway, Ryazansky Avenue, and Volgogradsky Avenue.

Route description

The completed sections of the CBX begins at the Veshnyaki-Lyubertsy interchange with the

(MKAD) where east-bound the expressway gives access to Kosinskaya Highway and ultimately the M12 highway. The CBX then runs under an interchange with Papernika Street and then running adjacent to Kosino-Ukhtomsky Lesopark. It then overpasses the Gorkovsky suburban railway line and later is interchanged with Kuzkovskaya Street where access to the street is only from the north-west of the CBX. The interchange of the CBX and the South-Eastern Chord (ЮBX) directs the CBX to a ramp that leads northward, becoming the northern end of the ЮBX, while the central lanes ending at Budennogo Avenue. Shortly north of the interchange with ЮBX, the CBX runs adjacent to the

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(MCC) before running over an interchange with Entuziastov Highway. The expressway runs northward still adjacent to the MCC where it runs under an interchange with Bolshaya Cherkizovskaya Street. Still adjacent to the MCC. the CBX curves north-west where the expressway has ramps to Otkrytoye Highway, Ivanteyevskaya Street via the 5-Y Podbel'skogo Passageway, and Losinoostrovskaya Street. The CBX through a forest until it runs under two railway overpasses and over the Yaroslavsky suburban railway line where it then runs an interchange with Mira Avenue.

Gallery

Businovskaya traffic interchange.jpg, Businovskaya interchange of North-Eastern Chord and

. It is the biggest interchange in Russia. Транспортные развязки СВХ с шоссе Энтузиастов, проспекта Будённого и улицы Аносова.jpg, Interchange of North-Eastern Chord and future South-Eastern Chord near Andronovka station Развязка СВХ и шоссе Энтузиастов.jpg, Interchange of North-Eastern Chord and Entuziastov Highway

References

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