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Kantemirovsky Bridge

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Kantemirovsky Bridge

Кантемировский мост
Kantemirovsky Bridge Panorama
Coordinates59°58′43″N 30°19′19″E / 59.978506°N 30.3219°E / 59.978506; 30.3219
CarriesMotor vehicles, trolleybuses, pedestrians
CrossesBolshaya Nevka River
LocaleSaint Petersburg, Russia
Named forKantemirovskaya Street (Saint Petersburg)
Maintained byMostotrest Saint Petersburg bridge maintenance trust
Websiteen.mostotrest-spb.ru/bridges/kantemirovskij
Preceded byRowing boat link
Next downstreamUshakovsky Bridge
Characteristics
DesignBascule bridge
MaterialSteel, concrete, granite, asphalt
Total length664 m (2,178 ft)
Width32.3 m (106 ft)
Longest span43 m (141 ft)[1]
No. of spans15
History
ArchitectV. M. Ivanov & A. V. Govorkovsky
DesignerLengiproinzhproject institute
Engineering design byB. N. Brudno & B. B. Levin
Construction start1979
Inaugurated1982
Location
Map

Kantemirovskiy Bridge[2] (Russian: Кантемировский мост) is a large modern[3] (built in 1979 - early 1980s) drawbridge (bascule bridge)[2] in Saint Petersburg, Russia across the Bolshaya Nevka[3] arm of the Neva river. The bridge connects the northern Aptekarsky Island (Apothecary Island) of the north-central Petrogradsky District on Petrograd Side with northeastern Vyborgskiy District of the city and over it with the northeast and east of Saint Petersburg. It receives automobile traffic from Bolshoy Prospekt (Petrograd Side) via Prospekt Medikov[4] in the southwest and takes it to Kantemirovskaya Street on the right-hand riverside, after which it was named. The street itself was named in 1952 after the railway station of a settlement of Kantemirovka in Voronezh region which was liberated from Nazi Germany troops by the Soviet Red Army in December 1942. The settlement in its turn was named after its 18 century owner Dimitrie Cantemir and his brother Constantin, Moldavian princes given shelter in Russia after a military defeat and entered into Russian nobility.

The bridge entrance from the east Vyborg Side with the Saint Petersburg Television Tower on the opposite side of the Greater Nevka on Aptekarsky Island and office buildings on the right

History

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It was built in 1979-82[4][3] as a part of a citywide thoroughfare street chain project at a place without a previous bridge:

Previously, there was no bridge link here. The need to build a new bridge arose because of the construction of an internal transport highway in the city, which starts from Tsiolkovsky Street, runs along the northern side of the Obvodny Canal with access to Alexander Nevsky Bridge and then along Zanevsky Prospect to the bridge across the Okhta River in the alignment of Energetikov Avenue, then along Annikov Avenue to Kantemirovskaya Street, in the alignment of which Kantemirovsky Bridge is located, and then across Aptekarsky Island to the Petrograd Side to the area of Kamennoostrovsky Bridge.

— Committee for the development of transport infrastructure of St. Petersburg City Administration, Кантемировский мост, Kantemirovskiy bridge. Website of Committee for the development of transport infrastructure of St. Petersburg

There used to be a boat connection in its place since early 19 century.[4]

See also

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Reading

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  • Бунин М. С. (1986). Мосты Ленинграда. Очерки истории и архитектуры мостов Петербурга — Петрограда — Ленинграда. Л.: Стройиздат.
  • Горбачевич К. С., Хабло Е. П. (1996). Почему так названы?. p. 103.
  • Sindalovskiy, Naum (1997). Городские имена сегодня и вчера. p. 54.
  • Новиков Ю. В. (1991). Мосты и набережные Ленинграда. Л.: Лениздат. Сост. П. П. Степнов

References

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  1. ^ "Кантемировский мост". krti.gov.spb.ru. Retrieved 28 April 2020.
  2. ^ a b SiluetStudio. "Kantemirovsky Bridge, St. Petersburg - Mostotrest". en.mostotrest-spb.ru. Retrieved 23 April 2020.
  3. ^ a b c "Кантемировский мост". krti.gov.spb.ru. Retrieved 23 April 2020.
  4. ^ a b c "Кантемировский мост". Энциклопедия Санкт-Петербурга. Retrieved 23 April 2020.