The Alexander Nevsky Bridge (, ''Most Aleksandra Nevskogo'') in
St Petersburg
Saint Petersburg, formerly known as Petrograd and later Leningrad, is the List of cities and towns in Russia by population, second-largest city in Russia after Moscow. It is situated on the Neva, River Neva, at the head of the Gulf of Finland ...
,
Russia
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is named after the legendary Russian military commander and politician
Alexander Nevsky
Alexander Yaroslavich Nevsky (; ; monastic name: ''Aleksiy''; 13 May 1221 – 14 November 1263) was Prince of Novgorod (1236–1240; 1241–1256; 1258–1259), Grand Prince of Kiev (1249–1263), and Grand Prince of Vladimir (1252–1263).
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. The bridge connects
Alexander Nevsky Square and
Zanevsky prospect thus linking the southern and the northern parts of the city. Until 2004, when the
Big Obukhovsky Bridge
The Great Obukhovo Bridge (, ''Bolshoy Obukhovsky most'') is the newest (not taking into account the Blagoveshchensky Bridge rebuilt in 2007) bridge across the Neva River in Saint Petersburg, Russia. It is the only bridge across the Neva which ...
was built, the Alexander Nevsky Bridge was the longest bridge across the
Neva River
The Neva ( , ; , ) is a river in northwestern Russia flowing from Lake Ladoga through the western part of Leningrad Oblast (historical region of Ingria) to the Neva Bay of the Gulf of Finland. Despite its modest length of , it is the fourth-l ...
in Saint Petersburg. Its length is ,
and it is wide.
The bridge was built from 1960 to 1965 under the working name of ''Old Neva Bridge'' ().
Designed by the group of architects A. Zhuk, S. Mayofis and Y. Sinitsa, the bridge has complemented the look of adjacent buildings in the surrounding area. The project was led by a team of engineers of the "Lengiprotransmost" institute. Proof-testing was done by means of a column of army tanks. On , the bridge was open for traffic.
Summer navigation
For the period of summer navigation a number of bridges on the rivers of Saint-Petersburg including the Alexander Nevsky Bridge are opened to allow ships to pass. The bridge consists of seven bridge spans and the central span of can be opened in two minutes.
See also
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List of bridges in Saint Petersburg
There are more than 400 bridges in the city limits of Saint Petersburg, Russia. This is a partial list of the most famous ones.
Peter the Great was designing the city as another Amsterdam and Venice, with canals instead of streets and citizens sk ...
References
External links
* http://sumay.mysite.syr.edu/nevaworkshop/bridges1.htm
Bridges built in the Soviet Union
Bridges in Saint Petersburg
Bridges completed in 1965
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