Zatoka Bridge () is a vertical lift road and rail bridge in Ukraine, crossing the

Dniester Estuary Dniester Estuary, or Dniester Liman (; ) is a liman, formed at the point where the river Dniester flows into the Black Sea. It is located in Ukraine, in Odesa Oblast, and connects Budjak to the Ukrainian mainland. The city of Bilhorod-Dnistrovsky ...

Zatoka, Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi Raion, Odesa Oblast Zatoka (; or ) is a rural settlement in Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi Raion, Odesa Oblast, in southwestern Ukraine. It belongs to Karolino-Buhaz rural hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine. The population of Zatoka is Its name comes from the Ukrai ...

. The bridge opened in 1955 and carries Highway H33 (the former P70) between Odesa and

Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi (, ; ; ), historically known as Aq Kirmān () or by other names, is a port city in Odesa Oblast, southwestern Ukraine. It is situated on the right bank of the Dniester Estuary leading to the Black Sea, in the historical r ...

, and the railway line from

Odesa Odesa, also spelled Odessa, is the third most populous List of cities in Ukraine, city and List of hromadas of Ukraine, municipality in Ukraine and a major seaport and transport hub located in the south-west of the country, on the northwestern ...

Bessarabia Bessarabia () is a historical region in Eastern Europe, bounded by the Dniester river on the east and the Prut river on the west. About two thirds of Bessarabia lies within modern-day Moldova, with the Budjak region covering the southern coa ...

. The bridge is strategically important as the only direct land connection from Odesa to

Budjak Budjak, also known as Budzhak, is a historical region that was part of Bessarabia from 1812 to 1940. Situated along the Black Sea, between the Danube and Dniester rivers, this #Ethnic groups and demographics, multi-ethnic region covers an area ...

and Romania. During the

Russian invasion of Ukraine On 24 February 2022, , starting the largest and deadliest war in Europe since World War II, in a major escalation of the Russo-Ukrainian War, conflict between the two countries which began in 2014. The fighting has caused hundreds of thou ...

that began in 2022, the bridge has been repeatedly targeted by Russian missiles. On 10 February 2023 the bridge was hit by a suspected Russian naval drone.

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{{Coord, 46.07633, N, 30.46987, E, source:wikidata, display=title Bridges in Odesa Oblast 1955 establishments in Ukraine Bridges completed in 1955 Karolino-Buhaz rural hromada Transport in Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi Raion

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