Transport
In ancient times, the city was located on the important road from Kiev to the city of Brest-Litovsk. Now this road is of international importance: M-E 06 40 Kyiv — Chop. Some other roads: M-21 E 583 Zhytomyr - Mohyliv-Podilskyi (through Vinnytsia), H-03 Zhytomyr - Chernivtsi (through Khmelnytskyi), R-18 Zhytomyr - Stavyshche (through Skvyria), R-28 Zhytomyr - checkpoint "Vystupovychi" of the Ukrainian-Belorusian border (through Korosten, Mazyr and Minsk).
Railways connect Kazatin with Zhytomyr (through Berdychiv), Korosten, Novohrad-Volynskyi, Korostyshiv and Fastiv. In 2011 a stretch of the Fastiv — Zhytomyr rail line was electrified. Zhytomyr is located about 131 kilometers from Kiev (by road 140 km, by rail 165 miles).
The following passenger trains pass through Zhytomyr train station: Zhytomyr - Baranovichy (Belarus); Chisinau (Moldova) - St. Petersburg (Russia); Odessa (Ukraine) - St. Petersburg (Russia); Zhytomyr – Simferopol (Crimea, Ukraine).
The city has an airport (however it is not currently being used for passenger transport; it is intended for the use of strategic bombers, though not currently being used).
Zhytomyr has three bus stations connecting it with many other cities and villages in Ukraine and abroad. Zhytomyr has fifteen bridges and junctions built over rivers and roads. There is a 30-kilometer ring road around Zhytomyr. The most interesting bridge in Zhytomyr is one over the Teteriv River in Gagarin Park.
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