Bolsheokhtinsky Bridge
Bolsheokhtinsky Bridge is located not far from the Smolny Cathedral, almost the direct road to which is Suvorovsky Prospekt, starting from Nevsky (Staronevsky) Prospekt. On the other side of the Neva, the road leads to Krasnogvardeyskaya Square and, crossing the Okhta River, dissolves into residential areas built during the Stalin era. The length of the bridge is 335 meters, width - 23.5 meters. The mass of all metal structures is 8920 tons; including the mass of counterweights - 1065 tons.
Address:
St. Petersburg, Bolsheokhtinsky bridge
Bolsheokhtinsky Bridge across the Neva is located between Tula Street and Krasnogvardeyskaya Square.
The natural name of the bridge was given by the neighboring Bolshaya Okhta River.
In 1901, an international competition was announced for the design of the bridge.
The competition received 16 projects from different countries.
The winner was a non-competitive project under the motto “Freedom of Navigation” by Professor of the Nikolaev Engineering Academy Colonel G. G. Krivoshein and military engineer Lieutenant Colonel V. P. Apyshkov. Engineers S. P. Bobrovsky, P. M. Sheloumov, G. P. Perederiy took part in finalizing the project. The construction of the bridge was carried out surprisingly quickly, starting in 1908, the work was completed in three years.
It was originally named the Emperor Peter the Great Bridge. The construction of the bridge was led by G. G. Krivoshein.
The contractor for the work was a Warsaw company, and the drawbridge with the mechanism was completed by the St. Petersburg Metal Plant. The bridge has three spans.
The two side ones are covered with through metal riveted spans in the form of arched trusses with a roadway along the lower chord. The length of each of them is 136 meters. The swing span structure is double-winged, riveted, metal, and covers an average span of 48 meters.
The wings rotate around fixed horizontal axes and open upward. All bridge supports, except for the left bank abutment, have coffered foundations. The latter is built on a pile foundation. The supports are lined with granite, and the shore supports have granite descents to the water. At the ends of the drawbridge there are two granite-clad control towers for the lifting mechanisms, designed in the form of beacons.
The walls of the towers are higher than the outer trusses.
They are topped with tetrahedral, cubic lanterns. Attached to one side of the tetrahedral towers are semicircular low half-turrets, topped with pointed semi-domes - a combination of Art Nouveau and Romanesque styles. The names of the bridge builders are inscribed on six bronze plaques attached to the walls of the bridge towers. The entrances to the bridge are “designed” by heavy metal portals, the crossbars of which are outlined by a multi-center curve, and the pillar-pylons with vertical slots are completed with snail-shaped holders with elongated flat multifaceted lanterns suspended from them.
In 1982-1983
a transport interchange was made at the bridge on the right bank of the Neva with an overpass according to the design of engineers A. D. Gutzeit, R. R. Shipov and architects Yu. G. Shindin, N. A. Dibtsev. In the 1990s, the bridge was completely renovated.
At the same time, more than three thousand tons of metal structures were installed, more than 48,000 square meters of asphalt and about 10,000 cubic meters of concrete were laid. More than 25,000 high-strength bolts were replaced in the structure and about 4,000 square meters of surface were faced with granite. The bridge was reopened to traffic in 1997
The natural name of the bridge was given by the neighboring Bolshaya Okhta River.
In 1901, an international competition was announced for the design of the bridge.
The competition received 16 projects from different countries.
The winner was a non-competitive project under the motto “Freedom of Navigation” by Professor of the Nikolaev Engineering Academy Colonel G. G. Krivoshein and military engineer Lieutenant Colonel V. P. Apyshkov. Engineers S. P. Bobrovsky, P. M. Sheloumov, G. P. Perederiy took part in finalizing the project. The construction of the bridge was carried out surprisingly quickly, starting in 1908, the work was completed in three years.
It was originally named the Emperor Peter the Great Bridge. The construction of the bridge was led by G. G. Krivoshein.
The contractor for the work was a Warsaw company, and the drawbridge with the mechanism was completed by the St. Petersburg Metal Plant. The bridge has three spans.
The two side ones are covered with through metal riveted spans in the form of arched trusses with a roadway along the lower chord. The length of each of them is 136 meters. The swing span structure is double-winged, riveted, metal, and covers an average span of 48 meters.
The wings rotate around fixed horizontal axes and open upward. All bridge supports, except for the left bank abutment, have coffered foundations. The latter is built on a pile foundation. The supports are lined with granite, and the shore supports have granite descents to the water. At the ends of the drawbridge there are two granite-clad control towers for the lifting mechanisms, designed in the form of beacons.
The walls of the towers are higher than the outer trusses.
They are topped with tetrahedral, cubic lanterns. Attached to one side of the tetrahedral towers are semicircular low half-turrets, topped with pointed semi-domes - a combination of Art Nouveau and Romanesque styles. The names of the bridge builders are inscribed on six bronze plaques attached to the walls of the bridge towers. The entrances to the bridge are “designed” by heavy metal portals, the crossbars of which are outlined by a multi-center curve, and the pillar-pylons with vertical slots are completed with snail-shaped holders with elongated flat multifaceted lanterns suspended from them.
In 1982-1983
a transport interchange was made at the bridge on the right bank of the Neva with an overpass according to the design of engineers A. D. Gutzeit, R. R. Shipov and architects Yu. G. Shindin, N. A. Dibtsev. In the 1990s, the bridge was completely renovated.
At the same time, more than three thousand tons of metal structures were installed, more than 48,000 square meters of asphalt and about 10,000 cubic meters of concrete were laid. More than 25,000 high-strength bolts were replaced in the structure and about 4,000 square meters of surface were faced with granite. The bridge was reopened to traffic in 1997
Reviews:
No reviews yet
