Russian real estate company Griffin Partners announced on Tuesday plans to construct the first bridge across the Volga since the Soviet era.
Parner in the company, Oleg Gusakov, told investors at the MIPIM real estate fair in Cannes that the $1.4 billion bridge just east of the Russian city of Nizhny Novgorod would be completed in 2015, three years before Russia is due to host the world cup.
Nizhny Novgorod, Russia's fourth largest city, will host a number of games at the major sporting event.
The bridge would be 4.7 km long and have capacity for 40,000 cars a day, Gusakov said.
CANNES (France), March 8 (RIA Novosti)
