Saint Petersburg Dam

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The Saint Petersburg Dam is a massive flood protection barrier and transportation complex built across the Gulf of Finland to shield Saint Petersburg from storm surges while carrying a major highway.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf causeway
dam
flood protection barrier
storm surge barrier
transportation infrastructure
alsoKnownAs Saint Petersburg Flood Prevention Facility Complex
Saint Petersburg Flood Protection Barrier
carries motorway
ring road around Saint Petersburg
completedIn 2011
connects northern shore of Neva Bay
southern shore of Neva Bay
constructionHalted 1990
constructionResumed early 2000s
constructionStartDate 1978
country Russia
crosses Gulf of Finland
designedToProtectFrom catastrophic flooding of Saint Petersburg
designedToReduce frequency of severe floods in Saint Petersburg
designedToWithstand storm surges from the Baltic Sea
governingBody Government of the Russian Federation
hasLength about 25 kilometres
hasMaterial concrete
earth fill
steel
hasNavigationPass northern navigation channel
southern navigation channel
hasStructure embankment dams
navigation channel
ship lock
sluice gates
tunnel
viaducts
hasTunnelUnder main navigation channel
isPartOf Saint Petersburg Ring Road
locatedIn Gulf of Finland
Neva Bay
locatedNear Kronshtadt
linked to: Kronstadt

Lomonosovsky District
Vsevolozhsky District
openedForTraffic 2011
partOf Saint Petersburg Flood Prevention Facility Complex
protects Saint Petersburg
linked to: St. Petersburg
purpose flood protection
storm surge protection
transportation
region Leningrad Oblast
Saint Petersburg
linked to: St. Petersburg

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Kronstadt hasTransport Saint Petersburg Dam
Neva Bay separatedBy Saint Petersburg Dam
Neva Bay hasStructure Saint Petersburg Flood Prevention Facility Complex
linked to: Saint Petersburg Dam
Saint Petersburg Dam partOf Saint Petersburg Flood Prevention Facility Complex
linked to: Saint Petersburg Dam
Saint Petersburg Dam alsoKnownAs Saint Petersburg Flood Prevention Facility Complex
linked to: Saint Petersburg Dam
Saint Petersburg Dam alsoKnownAs Saint Petersburg Flood Protection Barrier
linked to: Saint Petersburg Dam