The controversial Crimean Bridge links the southern Krasnodar region with the Crimean city of Kerch and spans across a stretch of water between the Black Sea and the Azov Sea.
The project cost 228 billion rubles ($3.69 billion, €3.1 billion) and is the longest bridge in Europe, taking over the Vasco da Gama Bridge in Lisbon, Portugal.
It was expected to be fully constructed by the end of 2018, but was completed six months ahead of schedule and will be open to traffic on Wednesday, according to a Kremlin statement.
Ukraine has criticized the project, saying construction has damaged the environment and that larger ships will be unable to get through to its ports on the Azov Sea.
Crimea was annexed from Ukraine following the 2014 Ukrainian revolution and takeover of the area by pro-Russian separatists and armed forces.
The results of a referendum deemed unconstitutional by the Ukrainian Constitutional Court on reunification with Russia found most people were in favor of joining Russia.
The annexation of the peninsula in 2014 was condemned by Kiev and the West as an illegal land grab.
European Union and US sanctions have targeted those involved in the realization of the bridge, particularly businessman Arkady Rotenberg, a close ally of Putin, whose company Stroygazmontazh won the construction contract.
The peninsula has until now been difficult to access from southern Russia with long queues of vehicles often trying to board ferries, which are not always able to run during winter storms. The easiest mode of transportation is flying.
The blocks imposed by Kiev and Western sanctions have meant a large amount of food is transported from Russia to Crimea by ship, meaning the bridge will play an important role in reducing the region's reliance on sea transport.
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Endy Edeson
@US and EU are always there to give sanctions, aside sanctions, Putin is good without them @Ahile
Akintoye Adebareh Abdul Akeem
Did you notice the conversion of rubbles to dollar? Yet Russian economy is doing very well. Similar gap exist BTW yen and dollar. Economist help me on this.
Niyeck Nandack
The Ukraine leaders should stop lamenting. Anything they do or say is medicine after death. The Crimea people voted in a referendum some years back to join Russia which at the disregarded the empty threats of Europe and USA. Since Ukraine doesn't have the might to confront Russia, they should leave with it as good neighbours.