Instead of scrapping the old steel arch, city planners re-used it as a structural core of the new pedestrian bridge, half a mile upstream. Originally named Kievsky ÚøõòÃÂúøù üþÃÂÃâ, i.e. `Kiev Bridge`, this bridge is now officially named after Bohdan Khmelnytskyi ÃÅþÃÂÃâ Ãâþóôðýð Ã¥üõûÃÅýøÃâ úþóþ, hetman of the Zaporozhian Cossack Hetmanate of Ukraine. Main pedestrian walkway and stairs are completely enclosed in a glass canopy; there are two open-air side walkways, which are usually closed to the public. Shoreside pillars and staircases of grey stone are a close but simplified copy of the original Krasnoluzhsky bridge approaches. The bridge was opened on the official Day of Moscow, 2 September 2001. Completion was in such a rush that it made its way into the official Bridges of Moscow reference book 2004 edition: `One week before opening, there were six cranes and derricks working 24 hours a day!`
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