The bridge carries a double track rail line and is built to accommodate six lanes of road traffic.

[1] The bridge was completed in July 2023,[2] but operated in reduced capacity for months before, lacking road connection ramps from some directions.

The bridge construction is the initiative of the late Heorhiy Kirpa, the head of Ukrzaliznytsia and the Minister of Transportation in the early 2000s (hence the unofficial name).

Its construction was ordered by the state-owned Ukrzaliznytsia rail company and financed by the government, but the Kyiv municipality co-sponsors the project.

[1] Following the construction of the bridge, a new major passenger terminal will be completed in the Darnytsia Railway Station on the left bank of the city.