Возврат на главную страницу Возврат на главную страницу Возврат на главную страницу Возврат на главную страницу Возврат на главную страницу
Entries / Egyptian Bridge

Egyptian Bridge


Categories / Architecture/Bridges

EGYPTIAN BRIDGE, spanning the Fontanka River, on Lermontovsky Avenue. Built in 1825-26 (engineers V.A. Khristianovich, V.K. Traitteur). A single-span chain bridge with rich architectural mounting in Egyptian style; on the approaches are four cast iron sphinxes with torches on their heads (sculpture P.P. Sokolov). The bridge collapsed under a squadron of the Grenade Lifeguard Cavalry Regiment 20 January 1905. In its place opposite to Usachev Lane a temporary wooden bridge was built 1905 (demolished in 1956). The current bridge was built in 1954-56 (engineer V.V. Demchenko, architects P.A. Areshev, V.S. Vasilkovsky). The frame of the bridge consists of steel bevelled double articulate frames, with a curvilinear contour of the lower girdle girth rail. The foundations are faced with granite; the sphinxes have been restored. Length: 46.8 metres, width: 27 metres.

D. Y. Guzevich.

Persons
Areshev Peter Artemievich
Demchenko V.V.
Khristianovich Vasily Alexandrovich
Sokolov Pavel Petrovich
Traitteur Vasily Karlovich (Wilhelm, Guillaume)
Traitteur Vasily Karlovich (Wilhelm, Guillaume)

Addresses
Lermontovsky Ave/Saint Petersburg, city

The subject Index
Horse Grenadier Life Guards Regiment

Chronograph
1955


Bridges (entry)

BRIDGES, an integral part of the urban planning structure and architectural appearance of St. Petersburg. In 2002, the city numbered 342 bridges of various kinds and types; in Kronstadt: 5 bridges, Pushkin: 54 bridges, Petrodvorets: 51 bridges

Decorative Monumental Sculpture (entry)

DECORATIVE MONUMENTAL SCULPTURE. The art of monumental sculpture dates back to the time of Peter the Great; its first examples appeared throughout St. Petersburg, at the Summer Garden and various suburb residences

Panteleymonovsky Bridge

PANTELEYMONOVSKY BRIDGE (in 1824-1827 known as Tsepnoy Bridge (Chain Bridge), in 1828-91 it was renamed into Panteleymonovsky Tsepnoy Bridge, in 1915-1923 called Gangutsky, in the 1920s Dekabrista Pestelya Bridge

Sokolov P.P., (1764-1835), sculptor

SOKOLOV Pavel Petrovich (1764, St. Petersburg - 1835, at the same place), sculptor. Studied at the Academy of Arts (1770-85) under F.G. Gordeev, received a retainer to study in France (1786-89), and became a member (1813)

Traitteur Vasily Karlovich (Wilhelm, Guillaume; 1788-1859), engineer, bridge builder

TRAITTEUR VASILY KARLOVICH (WILHELM, GUILLAUME) (1788-1859), engineer, lithographer, Major General (1830). Immigrant from Germany. In 1814-1831, he was in the Russian service. In 1816, he created the first lithograph in Russia