Then and Now

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On the left: central-Moscow freeway Komsomolskiy Prospect expansion and reconstruction to accommodate fleet of newly-privately-owned automobiles clogging Moscow streets after Soviet collapse, May, 2000.

On the right: completed freeway, September 2010.

Both photos from Kosygin Street overpass, northeast corner of Moscow State University.

Proceeds directly into the heart of the city, denoted by Christ-Redeemer Cathedral. Quiz: from the traffic pattern, can you determine the night of the week?