Lomonosov Bridge (russian: Мост Ломоносова) across the
Fontanka River is the best preserved of towered
movable bridge
A moveable bridge, or movable bridge, is a bridge that moves to allow passage for boats or barges. In American English, the term is synonymous with , and the latter is the common term, but drawbridge can be limited to the narrower, historical d ...
s that used to be typical for
Saint Petersburg
Saint Petersburg ( rus, links=no, Санкт-Петербург, a=Ru-Sankt Peterburg Leningrad Petrograd Piter.ogg, r=Sankt-Peterburg, p=ˈsankt pʲɪtʲɪrˈburk), formerly known as Petrograd (1914–1924) and later Leningrad (1924–1991), i ...
in the 18th century.
The original Tchernyshov Bridge, measuring 63 metres long by 14,7 metres wide, was constructed between 1785 and 1787. During the mid-19th century
industrialization
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other bridges had their towers removed to facilitate traffic, but Tchernyshov Bridge retained the original appearance, with four
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** Doric Greek, the dialects of the Dorians
* Doric order, a style of ancient Greek architecture
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pavilions with small domed caps. Its movable middle section of wood was replaced by a metal one in 1912. The bridge was renamed after
Mikhail Lomonosov
Mikhail Vasilyevich Lomonosov (; russian: Михаил (Михайло) Васильевич Ломоносов, p=mʲɪxɐˈil vɐˈsʲilʲjɪvʲɪtɕ , a=Ru-Mikhail Vasilyevich Lomonosov.ogg; – ) was a Russian Empire, Russian polymath, s ...
in 1948.
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Bridges in Saint Petersburg
Bridges completed in 1787
1787 establishments in the Russian Empire
Cultural heritage monuments of federal significance in Saint Petersburg
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