 August 2011. The dam is also the last completed part of the <a href="//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Petersburg_Ring_Road" title="Saint Petersburg Ring Road">Saint Petersburg Ring Road</a>, providing direct roadway access from mainland to the <a href="//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kotlin_Island" title="Kotlin Island">Kotlin Island</a> and <a href="//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kronshtadt" title="Kronshtadt" class="mw-redirect">Kronshtadt</a>.</p>
<p>The first use of the dam to hold back the incoming Baltic water into Ne