Bolshoi Konyushenny Bridge
The Bolshoi Konyushenny Bridge over the Moika is located in the alignment of Konyushenny and Moshkov lanes. Short Konyushenny Lane turns into Konyushennaya Street, which opens onto Nevsky Prospekt not far from the Kazan Cathedral. In the other direction, in just a couple of minutes you can reach the Neva embankment almost in the middle between Palace Square and the Summer Garden. The length of the bridge is 28.8 meters, the width is 11.6 meters.
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Bolshoi Konyushenny Bridge
The name of the bridge is associated with the building of the Main Imperial Stables, located on the left bank of the Moika, 44. Originally there was a wooden drawbridge designed by Hermann van Boles in 1753.
It was covered with boards and painted to look like stone. In 1828, a new single-span arch bridge was built from cast iron tubings connected by bolts (designed by engineers E.A. Adam, V.K. Tretter and V.I. Geste). Floor lamps with lanterns were installed at the entrances to the bridge.
At the suggestion of P.P. Bazin, elliptical holes were made in the cheek planes of the tubes to reduce their mass. The cast-iron arch rests on coastal abutments lined with properly cut granite blocks, the base of which is wooden grillages resting on piles.
The bridge span is covered from the facades with cast iron sheets decorated with artistic ornaments.
The railings are made in the form of frequently spaced darts with overhead reinforcement made of intertwined wreaths, pierced with spear-shaped poles with tips, and shaped brackets supporting the railing. The lamp posts are mounted on granite parapets on relatively high cast iron pedestals. Due to deformation in the supports and span, in 1935 a reinforced concrete vault was laid on top of the cast iron one (designed by engineers M.I. Zhdanov and A.D. Sapershtein). At the same time, sidewalk barriers from the roadway were eliminated. In 1951, under the leadership of architect A.L. Rotach, the floor lamps with lanterns and grilles were restored.
It was covered with boards and painted to look like stone. In 1828, a new single-span arch bridge was built from cast iron tubings connected by bolts (designed by engineers E.A. Adam, V.K. Tretter and V.I. Geste). Floor lamps with lanterns were installed at the entrances to the bridge.
At the suggestion of P.P. Bazin, elliptical holes were made in the cheek planes of the tubes to reduce their mass. The cast-iron arch rests on coastal abutments lined with properly cut granite blocks, the base of which is wooden grillages resting on piles.
The bridge span is covered from the facades with cast iron sheets decorated with artistic ornaments.
The railings are made in the form of frequently spaced darts with overhead reinforcement made of intertwined wreaths, pierced with spear-shaped poles with tips, and shaped brackets supporting the railing. The lamp posts are mounted on granite parapets on relatively high cast iron pedestals. Due to deformation in the supports and span, in 1935 a reinforced concrete vault was laid on top of the cast iron one (designed by engineers M.I. Zhdanov and A.D. Sapershtein). At the same time, sidewalk barriers from the roadway were eliminated. In 1951, under the leadership of architect A.L. Rotach, the floor lamps with lanterns and grilles were restored.
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