1st Garden Bridge
The 1st Garden Bridge over the Moika is located in the alignment of Sadovaya Street and the Lebyazhya Canal embankment. Together with the 1st Inzhenerny, Nizhne-Lebyazhy, with the granite framing of the embankment near the lawn of the Mikhailovsky Castle and the trellises of the Summer Garden, this site can probably be considered the very place that today truly shows why St. Petersburg received the title of the Venice of the north. The length of the bridge is 33.8 meters, width - 20.4 meters.
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1st Garden Bridge
The name is given after the nearby Summer and Mikhailovsky Gardens.
In the 1710s, a wooden Sadovy (formerly Mikhailovsky) bridge with a lifting middle part for passing mast ships was built here. In 1798-1801, in connection with the construction of the Church Canal near the Mikhailovsky Castle, the bridge was rebuilt into a single-span wooden bridge with stone supports.
In 1835-1836, a single-span, stone, arched bridge, lined with granite, with an artistic casting lattice was built (to the design of engineers P. P. Bazin, A. D. Gotman, I. F. Buttats). In 1906-1907, the stone bridge was replaced with a metal one (designed by A.P. Pshenitsky) due to increased traffic on Sadovaya Street.
The old stone supports were repositioned. The stone vault was replaced with a steel 2-hinged arch. The architectural design was carried out according to the design of the architect L. A. Ilyin. True, the railings and lanterns were installed only in 1913. There is a cast-iron grate on the bridge, where, along with crossed spears, there are images of round shields.
The pattern of the lattice repeats the pattern of the lower part of the gate at the Russian Museum building, designed by Rossi. The lanterns are made in the form of metal peaks connected by overlays of shields and wreaths. The bridge was restored in 1951, 1967 and 1969.
The architectural design of L. A. Ilyin was restored. In 1967, the decorative overlays were covered with thin gold leaf. In 2003, a major overhaul of the bridge was carried out. At the same time, the floor lamps were restored and the details of the artistic decor were gilded.
In the 1710s, a wooden Sadovy (formerly Mikhailovsky) bridge with a lifting middle part for passing mast ships was built here. In 1798-1801, in connection with the construction of the Church Canal near the Mikhailovsky Castle, the bridge was rebuilt into a single-span wooden bridge with stone supports.
In 1835-1836, a single-span, stone, arched bridge, lined with granite, with an artistic casting lattice was built (to the design of engineers P. P. Bazin, A. D. Gotman, I. F. Buttats). In 1906-1907, the stone bridge was replaced with a metal one (designed by A.P. Pshenitsky) due to increased traffic on Sadovaya Street.
The old stone supports were repositioned. The stone vault was replaced with a steel 2-hinged arch. The architectural design was carried out according to the design of the architect L. A. Ilyin. True, the railings and lanterns were installed only in 1913. There is a cast-iron grate on the bridge, where, along with crossed spears, there are images of round shields.
The pattern of the lattice repeats the pattern of the lower part of the gate at the Russian Museum building, designed by Rossi. The lanterns are made in the form of metal peaks connected by overlays of shields and wreaths. The bridge was restored in 1951, 1967 and 1969.
The architectural design of L. A. Ilyin was restored. In 1967, the decorative overlays were covered with thin gold leaf. In 2003, a major overhaul of the bridge was carried out. At the same time, the floor lamps were restored and the details of the artistic decor were gilded.
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