Volodarsky Bridge
To be impartial, the Volodarsky Bridge is the most irreplaceable bridge in St. Petersburg. It is located at a considerable distance from all other bridges, but at the same time it connects the southern and right bank parts of the city along the internal transport ring. It is impossible to overestimate the importance of the Volodarsky Bridge - on both sides of it there are microdistricts, each of which has a population of half a million. For comparison: one Volodarsky bridge connects two cities such as Helsinki. The length of the bridge without entrances is 332 meters, width - 27.4 meters.
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Volodarsky Bridge
The Volodarsky Bridge across the Neva is located in the alignment of Ivanovskaya and Narodnaya streets.
Named in honor of Commissar V. Volodarsky (M. M. Goldstein), who was killed in 1918 in the area of the future bridge by worker N. Sergeev. The authors of the project are engineers G. P. Perederiy, V. I. Kryzhanovsky and architects A. S. Nikolsky, K. M. Dmitriev.
Volodarsky Bridge was built in 1932-1936.
It was a 3-span reinforced concrete arched structure with a roadway below, with a middle metal double-winged drop-down span. Overpasses were built on the embankments on both banks of the river, architecturally linked to the bridge - the city's first transport interchange on two levels.
To cover the side 101-meter spans, flexible reinforced concrete arches with rigid tightening were used.
For the first time in the practice of constructing reinforced concrete arched trusses, tubular reinforcement was used - metal pipes pre-filled with concrete. The swing span consisted of two steel wings that opened by turning upward around fixed horizontal axes.
To balance the wings during their rise, counterweights rigidly attached to them were used, which were lowered into special wells in the body of the river bulls. The architectural forms of the bridge corresponded to the style embodying the idea of constructivism. For the first time in bridge building practice, the practice of transporting reinforced concrete arches weighing up to 4000 tons on pontoons was carried out. Work on transporting finished trusses from the place of their manufacture to the bridge supports was led by Academician A. N. Krylov.
Under his leadership, giant pontoons were designed and manufactured. The grand opening of the bridge took place on November 6, 1936. In 1970-1971.
reconstruction of individual parts of the bridge that had become obsolete during operation was carried out. After the accident that occurred on September 10, 1985, a complete reconstruction of the bridge was carried out (according to the design of engineer N. G. Tikhomirov and architect Yu. I. Sinitsa).
The work was carried out in 1987-1993. It was not possible to preserve the bridge's original appearance. The old supports were retained, but were made wider and more stable.
They are supported by more reliable metal structures - continuous beams, of the type that has become traditional for most new Neva bridges, and not reinforced concrete arched structures with a tightening structure, as was the case with the old bridge design. As a result of the reconstruction, the bridge's capacity has doubled.
In addition, most large vessels can pass under its buildings without opening the drawbridge, since the bridge spans are raised above the water compared to the old ones. In 1990, 800-ton, 125-meter spans were installed on the right bank and left bank abutments, which were then connected by a 57-meter draw span under the leadership of engineer V. Dagdalenidi. During the reconstruction period, a temporary bus-pedestrian bridge was built. An LED board has been installed on the Volodarsky Bridge, which displays the schedule for its wiring.
Named in honor of Commissar V. Volodarsky (M. M. Goldstein), who was killed in 1918 in the area of the future bridge by worker N. Sergeev. The authors of the project are engineers G. P. Perederiy, V. I. Kryzhanovsky and architects A. S. Nikolsky, K. M. Dmitriev.
Volodarsky Bridge was built in 1932-1936.
It was a 3-span reinforced concrete arched structure with a roadway below, with a middle metal double-winged drop-down span. Overpasses were built on the embankments on both banks of the river, architecturally linked to the bridge - the city's first transport interchange on two levels.
To cover the side 101-meter spans, flexible reinforced concrete arches with rigid tightening were used.
For the first time in the practice of constructing reinforced concrete arched trusses, tubular reinforcement was used - metal pipes pre-filled with concrete. The swing span consisted of two steel wings that opened by turning upward around fixed horizontal axes.
To balance the wings during their rise, counterweights rigidly attached to them were used, which were lowered into special wells in the body of the river bulls. The architectural forms of the bridge corresponded to the style embodying the idea of constructivism. For the first time in bridge building practice, the practice of transporting reinforced concrete arches weighing up to 4000 tons on pontoons was carried out. Work on transporting finished trusses from the place of their manufacture to the bridge supports was led by Academician A. N. Krylov.
Under his leadership, giant pontoons were designed and manufactured. The grand opening of the bridge took place on November 6, 1936. In 1970-1971.
reconstruction of individual parts of the bridge that had become obsolete during operation was carried out. After the accident that occurred on September 10, 1985, a complete reconstruction of the bridge was carried out (according to the design of engineer N. G. Tikhomirov and architect Yu. I. Sinitsa).
The work was carried out in 1987-1993. It was not possible to preserve the bridge's original appearance. The old supports were retained, but were made wider and more stable.
They are supported by more reliable metal structures - continuous beams, of the type that has become traditional for most new Neva bridges, and not reinforced concrete arched structures with a tightening structure, as was the case with the old bridge design. As a result of the reconstruction, the bridge's capacity has doubled.
In addition, most large vessels can pass under its buildings without opening the drawbridge, since the bridge spans are raised above the water compared to the old ones. In 1990, 800-ton, 125-meter spans were installed on the right bank and left bank abutments, which were then connected by a 57-meter draw span under the leadership of engineer V. Dagdalenidi. During the reconstruction period, a temporary bus-pedestrian bridge was built. An LED board has been installed on the Volodarsky Bridge, which displays the schedule for its wiring.
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