Tuchkov Bridge
The Tuchkov Bridge across the Malaya Neva connects the 1st line of Vasilyevsky Island with Bolshoy Prospekt of the Petrograd Side. Nearby is the Sportivnaya metro station and the Yubileiny indoor stadium. The length of the bridge is 226.2 meters, width - 36 meters.
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Tuchkov Bridge
The first bridge across the Malaya Neva was built in 1758 and was called Nikolsky.
It was made of wood and consisted of a pontoon part in the deep part of the channel and a pile part in shallow water through the channel that separated the island of Tuchkov Buyan from the St. Petersburg side, and through the island itself. It was the longest St. Petersburg bridge of the 18th century (890 m).
The bridge was built on the initiative and at the expense of St. Petersburg merchants.
In 1833-1835, a multi-span wooden beam bridge with one drawbridge and two navigable spans was built along the axis of Bolshoy Prospect on the Petrograd Side.
As a result of numerous repairs and reconstructions, by 1926 it had 20 spans and a length of 258 meters.
In 1948, the wooden spans were replaced with metal I-beams.
The left bank abutment was made of stone, and the rest of the supports were wooden, block-type, on piles. The supports of the drawbridge were metal. The new bridge was built in 1962-1965 according to the design of engineers V.V. Demchenko, B.B. Levin and architects P.A. Areshev, L.A. Noskov.
The bridge is a reinforced concrete three-span cantilever-frame system with a 50-meter draw span in the middle of the river.
The swing span is designed as a double-wing, drop-down system, with a fixed axis of rotation and rigidly attached counterweights.
In the extended position, the tail parts of the wings are placed within the dimensions of the supports, where special wells are arranged for them. The supports rest on high pile grillages. The grillages and supports are reinforced concrete, lined with granite slabs 15–25 cm thick. During the construction of the permanent bridge, a temporary wooden bypass bridge was built.
The axis of the new bridge is shifted downstream by three meters relative to the axis of the previously existing bridge. The Tuchkova dam was expanded towards the Zhdanovka River, while its channel was narrowed.
The wall of the Makarov embankment is extended towards the Neva by 42 meters, which made it possible to create a small bridgehead area. Metal railings of square cross-section are intertwined in such a way that an unusually three-dimensional picture is created along the entire length of the bridge (author - architect P. A. Areshev).
A small round bridge pavilion is located on the right bank of the river from its upstream side. Stairs leading to the water extend from it.
It was made of wood and consisted of a pontoon part in the deep part of the channel and a pile part in shallow water through the channel that separated the island of Tuchkov Buyan from the St. Petersburg side, and through the island itself. It was the longest St. Petersburg bridge of the 18th century (890 m).
The bridge was built on the initiative and at the expense of St. Petersburg merchants.
In 1833-1835, a multi-span wooden beam bridge with one drawbridge and two navigable spans was built along the axis of Bolshoy Prospect on the Petrograd Side.
As a result of numerous repairs and reconstructions, by 1926 it had 20 spans and a length of 258 meters.
In 1948, the wooden spans were replaced with metal I-beams.
The left bank abutment was made of stone, and the rest of the supports were wooden, block-type, on piles. The supports of the drawbridge were metal. The new bridge was built in 1962-1965 according to the design of engineers V.V. Demchenko, B.B. Levin and architects P.A. Areshev, L.A. Noskov.
The bridge is a reinforced concrete three-span cantilever-frame system with a 50-meter draw span in the middle of the river.
The swing span is designed as a double-wing, drop-down system, with a fixed axis of rotation and rigidly attached counterweights.
In the extended position, the tail parts of the wings are placed within the dimensions of the supports, where special wells are arranged for them. The supports rest on high pile grillages. The grillages and supports are reinforced concrete, lined with granite slabs 15–25 cm thick. During the construction of the permanent bridge, a temporary wooden bypass bridge was built.
The axis of the new bridge is shifted downstream by three meters relative to the axis of the previously existing bridge. The Tuchkova dam was expanded towards the Zhdanovka River, while its channel was narrowed.
The wall of the Makarov embankment is extended towards the Neva by 42 meters, which made it possible to create a small bridgehead area. Metal railings of square cross-section are intertwined in such a way that an unusually three-dimensional picture is created along the entire length of the bridge (author - architect P. A. Areshev).
A small round bridge pavilion is located on the right bank of the river from its upstream side. Stairs leading to the water extend from it.
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