Editing Kerch (section)

===Transport===
[[File:Kerch Housing.jpg|thumb|Private houses are common in Kerch.]]

Kerch has a harbour on the Kerch Strait, which makes it a key to the [[Sea of Azov]]. It has several railroad terminals and a small airport. The [[Kerch Strait ferry line]] across the [[Kerch Strait]] was established in 1953, connecting Crimea and the [[Krasnodar Krai]] ([[Port Krym]] – [[Port Kavkaz]] line); (as of November 2009) there are also plans for a Kerch-[[Poti]] ferry route.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.kyivpost.com/news/nation/detail/53185/ |title=Yushchenko says Ukraine to try quickly implement Kerch-Poti ferry route project|agency= Interfax-Ukraine|via=[[Kyiv Post]]|date=19 November 2009}}</ref>
Tavrida Highway work in progress along Kerch railway (two rails) highway (four lanes) bridge to connect Rostov Krasnodar with peninsula.

There are several ports in Kerch, including Kerch Maritime Trading Port, Kerch Maritime Fishing Port, [[Port Krym]] (ferry crossing), Kamysh-Burun Port.

The railroad terminals include: Kerch, Kerch I, Kerch Factory, Arshyntsevo, and Krym.

A bus network connects Kerch to other cities in Crimea and [[Krasnodar Krai]].

==== City transport ====
[[File:Kerch-tram-opendates.png|thumb|Map of tram lines with opening dates]]

Kerch had a tram system that was established in 1935 and destroyed in 1941.
[[File:Kerch-trolleybus-opendates.png|thumb|Trolleybus lines map with dates of opening]]
A trolleybus system was established in 2004, and has one line.

====Crimean Bridge====
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On 25 April 2010, Ukrainian President [[Viktor Yanukovych]] and Russian President [[Dmitry Medvedev]] signed an agreement to build a bridge across the Kerch Strait. In January 2015, with Russia now in control, the contract for the construction of the bridge was awarded to [[Arkady Rotenberg]]'s [[Stroygazmontazh|S.G.M. Group]]. In May 2015 construction commenced, and the road section of the bridge was opened to traffic in May 2018. The rail section was opened in 2019, with Russian President [[Vladimir Putin]] taking the first train across on 23 December.<ref>[https://www.france24.com/en/20191223-putin-takes-first-train-across-crimea-bridge ''Putin takes first train across Crimea bridge''], [[Agence France-Presse|AFP]], 23 December 2019.</ref> It was [[2022 Crimean Bridge explosion|heavily damaged by an explosion]] on 8 October 2022.