Panteleymonovsky Bridge

Panteleymonovsky Bridge (

St. Panteleimon (Pantaleon).^[1]

From 1915 until 1923 it was known as "Gangutskiy Bridge". In 1923 it was renamed as "Pestel Bridge" after Decembrist Pavel Pestel. In 1991 the original name was reinstated.

The bridge is located at the confluence of the

Moika River

and the Fontanka. It is 43 meters long and 23.7 meters wide.

History

A wooden bridge stood in this location as early as 1725. In 1748 a

Bartolomeo Rastrelli

. This last structure was damaged in the flood of 1777 and was demolished.

In 1823 a narrow suspension bridge ("chain bridge") was built by von Tretter and Khristianovich. In the beginning of the 20th century, it was widened and converted into an arch bridge by Ilyin and Pshenitskiy.

References

Media related to Panteleymonovsky bridge at Wikimedia Commons

^ Saint Petersburg Encyclopaedia Archived 2007-03-12 at the Wayback Machine

rayta.ru

59°56′32″N 30°20′19″E / 59.9422222322°N 30.3386111211°E / 59.9422222322; 30.3386111211

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[1] Saint Petersburg Encyclopaedia Archived 2007-03-12 at the Wayback Machine

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