[1] Due to the lack of high-tech steel in the early post-war years, the bridges were built from reinforced concrete.

Embankments were built on the left and right banks and on the island of Khortytsia to facilitate the construction of both temporary and permanent bridges.

During this time, 14 km of railway track was laid, and temporary bridges with a total length of 1,886 meters were built across both channels of the Dnieper.

The second bridge, which connected the western part of the embankment on Khortytsia Island with the right bank, was 556 meters long and was built in just 12 days.

The combination of arch structures with verticals of powerful reinforced concrete supports plays an important role in the aesthetic appearance of bridges which are considered a landmark in Zaporizhzhia.

The Preobrazhensky bridges were primarily built as a road and railway crossing across the Dniper and were supposed to connect Kryvyi Rih with Donbas.

[4] Due to their narrow configuration, the bridges are consistently congested and experience long lines of traffic at either end waiting to conduct their crossing.

Roadways connecting the bridge to Zaporizhzhia city center and Khortytskyi District were informally designed, poorly maintained and are prone to crashes.

The regional military-civilian administration reported that "the enemy once again tried to damage the infrastructure of the city of Zaporizhzhia by means of rocket attacks."