Bolshoi Obukhovsky (Cable-stayed) Bridge
The longest and at the same time the most modern bridge in St. Petersburg is considered to be the Bolshoi Obukhovsky (Cable-stayed) bridge - its length is 2884 meters. In addition, it is the only non-movable bridge across the Neva.
Address:
St. Petersburg, Bolshoi Obukhovsky Bridge
The bridge was built in a rather difficult to navigate section of the Neva, not far from the Krivoe Klenno bend, but with 126 m high pylons widely spaced along the banks of the Neva and a high span, the bridge is completely invisible to ships passing along the river.
Road junctions with Oktyabrskaya Embankment and Obukhovskaya Defense Avenue are complex, and if the first one stretches over several hundred square meters on the still free right bank of the Neva, the second one was built on a small piece of land between residential buildings on Rabfakovskaya Street and Obukhovskaya Defense Avenue, where in addition there are tram lines line and railway tracks leading from the Obukhovo railway station to the Obukhovo plant.
The total length of the bridge crossing is 2884 meters, including a navigation span of 382 meters and exits from the bridge. The height of the span above the water surface (under-bridge clearance) is 30 meters, which allows large vessels to freely pass under the bridge.
Because of this bridge, the maximum clearance of ships capable of passing along the Neva from Lake Ladoga to Neva Bay or in the opposite direction was reduced in height by 10 m. The minimum under-bridge clearance of bridges across the Neva (and the main shipping branch - the Bolshaya Neva) that existed for a long time in 40 m, determined by the lowest bridges in the open position (Volodarsky, Kuzminsky and Ladozhsky bridges) on Bolshoy Obukhovsky was made 10 m lower - only 30 m high.
Road junctions with Oktyabrskaya Embankment and Obukhovskaya Defense Avenue are complex, and if the first one stretches over several hundred square meters on the still free right bank of the Neva, the second one was built on a small piece of land between residential buildings on Rabfakovskaya Street and Obukhovskaya Defense Avenue, where in addition there are tram lines line and railway tracks leading from the Obukhovo railway station to the Obukhovo plant.
The total length of the bridge crossing is 2884 meters, including a navigation span of 382 meters and exits from the bridge. The height of the span above the water surface (under-bridge clearance) is 30 meters, which allows large vessels to freely pass under the bridge.
Because of this bridge, the maximum clearance of ships capable of passing along the Neva from Lake Ladoga to Neva Bay or in the opposite direction was reduced in height by 10 m. The minimum under-bridge clearance of bridges across the Neva (and the main shipping branch - the Bolshaya Neva) that existed for a long time in 40 m, determined by the lowest bridges in the open position (Volodarsky, Kuzminsky and Ladozhsky bridges) on Bolshoy Obukhovsky was made 10 m lower - only 30 m high.
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