Qualla: Yuribey Bridge https://qualla.com/yuribey-bridge en-us © 2026 Bendyline Mon, 20 Jul 2026 10:21:36 GMT Qualla serial false Qualla support@bendyline.com yes https://qualla.com/_res/siteimages/rsslogo.png Qualla: Yuribey Bridge https://qualla.com/yuribey-bridge Yuribey Bridge: Introduction https://qualla.com/yuribey-bridge/ In most places, a bridge spans a river. The Yuribey Bridge spans a problem. The Yuribey River itself is not especially wide, but it flows across permafrost -- ground that never fully thaws. When spring arrives on the Yamal Peninsula, meltwater cannot sink into the frozen earth, so it spreads. The spring floods expand the river's effective width far beyond its normal channel, turning the surrounding tundra into a shallow, seasonal sea. To cross the Yuribey reliably, year-round, a bridge needed to be not just long enough for the river but long enough for the land around it. At 3.9 kilometers, the Yuribey Bridge is the longest bridge above the Arctic Circle.

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]]> Fri, 27 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/v/s/3/b/yuribey-bridge-wp/vs3b-yuribey-bridge-intro.mp3 0:06 1 full Yuribey Bridge: An Engineering Sprint in the Dark https://qualla.com/yuribey-bridge/ Gazprom built the bridge in 349 days. That number deserves a pause. This is not a temperate construction site with reliable supply chains and year-round working conditions. The Yamal Peninsula lies above 68 degrees north. Winter temperatures drop well below minus 30 Celsius. For ...

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]]> Fri, 27 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/v/s/3/b/yuribey-bridge-wp/vs3b-yuribey-bridge-an-engineering-sprint-in-the-dark.mp3 0:06 2 full Yuribey Bridge: Anchored in Ice https://qualla.com/yuribey-bridge/ Building on permafrost requires thinking upside down. In temperate climates, bridge foundations rest on bedrock or stable soil. On the Yamal Peninsula, the ground is frozen to great depth, and the surface layer thaws and refreezes with the seasons, shifting and heaving as it does...

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]]> Fri, 27 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/v/s/3/b/yuribey-bridge-wp/vs3b-yuribey-bridge-anchored-in-ice.mp3 0:06 3 full Yuribey Bridge: The Road to Bovanenkovo https://qualla.com/yuribey-bridge/ The Yuribey Bridge exists because of gas. The Bovanenkovo field, the largest on the Yamal Peninsula, holds an estimated 4.9 trillion cubic meters of natural gas reserves. Developing it required infrastructure that did not exist: roads, railways, pipelines, an airport, and a bridg...

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]]> Fri, 27 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/v/s/3/b/yuribey-bridge-wp/vs3b-yuribey-bridge-the-road-to-bovanenkovo.mp3 0:06 4 full Yuribey Bridge: A Line Across the Tundra https://qualla.com/yuribey-bridge/ From the air, the Yuribey Bridge is a thin, straight line drawn across an otherwise featureless expanse of brown and white tundra. The Yamal Peninsula -- its name comes from the Nenets words meaning 'end of the land' -- is one of the most sparsely inhabited regions on Earth. The ...

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