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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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

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