List of bridges in Saint Petersburg
There are more than 342 bridges in the city limits of Saint Petersburg, Russia. This is a partial list of the most famous ones.
Peter the Great was designing the city as another Amsterdam and Venice, with canals instead of streets and citizens skillful in sailing. Initially, there were only about ten bridges constructed in the city, mainly across ditches and minor creeks. By Peter's plans, in the summer months, the citizens were supposed to move around in boats, and in the winter months when the water froze to move in sledges. However, after Peter's death, new bridges were built, as it was a much easier way of transportation. Temporary ponton bridges were used in the summertime. The first permanent bridge of bricks and stones across the main branch of the Neva river appeared in 1850.[citation needed]
Today, there are more 342 bridges over canals and rivers of various sizes, styles and constructions, built at different periods. Some of them are small pedestrian bridges, such as
The names of the bridges are of a great diversity as well. Some take their names from geographic locations — such as
A familiar view of Saint Petersburg is a
Facts by numbers
- There are 342 bridges inside the city limits, 5 in Kronstadt, 54 in Tsarskoye Selo, 51 in Petergof, 16 in Pavlovsk and 7 in Oranienbaum.
- The total length of all the city bridges is approximately 16 kilometers (9.9 mi)
- 22 are drawbridges
- The longest bridge is Big Obukhovsky Bridgeacross Neva River (2,824 meters (9,265 ft))
- The widest bridge is Moyka River (97.3 meters (319 ft)), which is also claimed to be the widest bridge in the world by some sources,[1]however the Big Bridge in Lockport New York is 400 feet (120 m) wide.
Bridges across Neva and Great Neva
Bridges are numbered downstream, with initials to determine which distributary they cross.[2]
No. | Name | Crosses | Drawbridge opening times ! |
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1 | Big Obukhovsky Bridge |
Neva | N/A |
2 | Volodarsky Bridge | Neva River | (2:00–3:45, 4:15–5:45) |
3 | Finland Railway Bridge | Neva River | (2:20–5:30) |
4 | Alexander Nevsky Bridge | Neva River | (2:20–5:10) |
5 | Bolsheokhtinsky Bridge | Neva River | (2:00–5:00) |
6 | Liteyny Bridge | Neva River | (1:40–4:45) |
7 | Trinity Bridge |
Neva River | (1:20–4:50) |
8B | Palace Bridge | Great Neva | (1:10-2:50, 3:10-4:55) |
9B | Annunciation Bridge | Great Neva | (1:25–2:45, 3:10–5:00) |
8M | Exchange Bridge | Little Neva | (2:00–4:55) |
9M | Tuchkov Bridge | Little Neva | (2:00–2:55, 3:35–4:55) |
7K | Sampsonievsky Bridge | Great Nevka | (preliminary request 1:30-4:30) |
8K | Grenadier Bridge | Great Nevka | (preliminary request 1:30-4:30) |
9K | Kantemirovsky Bridge | Great Nevka | (preliminary request 1:30-4:30) |
10KB | Ushakovsky Bridge | Great Nevka | |
11KB | Third Elagin Bridge | Great Nevka | |
10KS | First Elagin Bridge | Middle Nevka | |
11KS | Second Elagin Bridge | Middle Nevka | |
10 km | Kamennoostrovsky Bridge | Little Nevka | |
11 km | Bolshoy Krestovsky Bridge | Little Nevka | |
12 km | Lazarevskiy Bridge |
Little Nevka | |
13 km | Bolshoy Petrovsky Bridge | Little Nevka |
Bridges across the Griboyedov Canal
- Theater Bridge
- Novo-Konyushenny Bridge
- Italian Bridge
- Kazansky Bridge
- Bank Bridge
- Flour Bridge
- Stone Bridge
- Demidov Bridge
- Hay Bridge
- Kokushkin Bridge
- Voznesensky Bridge
- Podyachensky Bridge
- Bridge of Four Lions
- Kharlamov Bridge
- Novo-Nikolsky Bridge
- Krasnogvardeysky Bridge
- Pikalov Bridge
- Mogilyovsky Bridge
- Alarchin Bridge
- Kolomensky Bridge
- Malo-Kalinkin Bridge
Bridges across Fontanka
- Prachechny Bridge
- Panteleymonovsky Bridge
- Belinsky Bridge
- Anichkov Bridge
- Lomonosov Bridge
- Letushkov Bridge
- Semenovsky Bridge
- Gorstkin Bridge
- Obukhovsky Bridge
- Izmailovsky Bridge
- Krasnoarmeysky Bridge
- Egyptian Bridge
- English Bridge
- Staro-Kalinkin Bridge
- Galerny Bridge
Bridges across Moyka
- First Engineer Bridge
- First Sadovy Bridge
- Second Sadovy Bridge
- Malo-Konyushenny Bridge
- Bolshoy Konyushenny Bridge
- Pevchesky Bridge
- Green Bridge
- Red Bridge
- Blue Bridge
- Fonarny Bridge
- Pochtamtsky Bridge
- Potseluev Bridge
- Krasnoflotsky Bridge
- Hrapovitsky Bridge
- Korabelny Bridge
Bridges across Winter Canal
Bridges across the Kryukov Canal
- Smezhny Bridge
- Staro-Nikolsky Bridge
- Kashin Bridge
- Torgovy Bridge
- Dekabristov Bridge
- Matveevsky Bridge
Bridges across the Obvodny Canal
- Shlisserburg Bridge
- Atamansky Bridge
- Nikolaevsky railway Bridge
- Predtechny Bridge
- Novo-kamenniy bridge
- Borovoy Bridge
- Ippodromny Bridge
- Tsarskoselsky railway Bridge
- Ruzovsky Bridge
- Mozhaysky Bridge
- Gazovy Bridge
- Maslyny Bridge
- Novo-Moskovky Bridge
- Warsaw Bridge
- Baltic Bridge
- Novo-Peterofsky Bridge
- Krasnooktyabrsky Bridge
- Tarakanovsky Bridge
- Borisov Bridge
- Novo-Kalinkin Bridge
- Stepan Razin Bridge
Bridges across the Okhta
- Armashevsky Bridge
- Bolshoy Ilinsky Bridge
- Industrial Bridge
- Irinovsky Bridge
- Komarovsky Bridga
- Malookhtinsky Bridge
- Obyezdnoy Bridge
- Utkin Bridge
- Shaumyana Bridge
Bridges across Okkervil
- Utkin Bridge
- Zanevsky Bridge
- Yablonovsky Bridge
- Rossijsky Bridge
- Kollontay Bridge
- Podvoisky Bridge
- Tovarischesky Bridge
- Dybenko Bridge
Bridges across Smolenka (river)
Bridges across the Swan Canal
Image gallery
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Griffon statues on Bank Bridge
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Lions on the Bridge of Four Lions
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Sphinx on Egyptian Bridge
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Towers on Lomonosov Bridge
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Horse Tamers on Anichkov Bridge
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Palace Bridge at night
See also
Except bridges, in Saint Petersburg there are other kinds of crossings:
- Tunnels
- Orlovsky tunnel
- Kanonersky tunnel
- Ferries
References
- ^ "The Blue Bridge (Siniy Most)". Retrieved 2006-12-22.
- ^ "Развод мостов в Санкт-Петербурге - График разводки мостов в 2020 году расписание". mostotrest-spb.ru.