The Nurly Zhol bridge is a bridge over the Irtysh River in the Pavlodar region . It connects the cities of Pavlodar and Aksu , reducing the path between the cities by 40 km. It is part of the new Center-East highway. The total length of 12.26 km, of which 426 meters is an arch bridge, includes a channel bridge over the Irtysh River and a trestle with bridges over the Usolka, Stary Irtysh and Lake Schuchye. This is the longest bridge in Kazakhstan and Central Asia [2] .
| Nurly Zhol | |
|---|---|
| Application area | car, pedestrian |
| Crosses | R. Irtysh |
| Location | |
| Design | |
| Type of construction | cable-stayed arch bridge |
| Number of flights | four |
| total length | 12.26 km |
| Lanes | four |
| Exploitation | |
| Cost |  53.8 billion [1] |
| Start of construction | 2014 |
| Construction completion | 2016 |
Built according to Swiss technology, which is used in Kazakhstan for the first time. During the construction of the bridge 13.5 tons of metal structures, 140 thousand cubic meters of concrete were used. 53.8 billion tenge were spent on the entire project implemented as part of the Nurly Zhol state program [1] .
The customer of the construction of the bridge is JSC "NC" KazAvtoZhol "" , the general contractor was LLP Kazakhdorstroy holding BI Group [3]