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The battle between pedestrians and motorists is officially over at one of Moscow's most notorious intersections. Until two weeks ago, Kudrinskaya Ploshchad was the site of daily revolutions, as hundreds of foot-bound Muscovites impatient with waiting as long as 15 minutes for the next green light regularly banded together to cross the roaring Garden Ring Road. Those days are gone with the recent unveiling of a new pedestrian bridge and the planned construction of a new underpass next May. For now, at least, the danger has passed -- as long as high-heeled ladies take care to avoid the gaps in the metal stairs. Photograph by Vladimir Filonov.

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