The Central Lenin Stadium, where the opening and closing ceremonies for the 1980 Summer Olympics took place, is right below, across the Moskva River.

It serves two urban transport systems: motor vehicles and the Moscow Metro subway.

The glass-walled subway station Vorobyovy Gory is at the lower level of the bridge.

The hills, immortalized by many Russian poets and writers, have been named after the village Vorobyovo, which was acquired by Grand Duchess Sophia of Lithuania, Vytautas's only daughter, from the boyars Vorobyovs in 1453.

The main landmarks of the hills are the Moscow State University (at one time the tallest building in Europe) and the Trinity Church [ru].