Krasnogo Kursanta Bridge

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KRASNOGO KURSANTA BRIDGE (until 1923 Kadetsky Bridge; on the origin see Krasnogo Kursanta Street), over the Zhdanovka River, links Petrovsky Avenue with Zhdanovskaya Embankment. The wooden bridge in the area was marked on the city plan of 1817, and was located 420 metres downstream, linking Petrovsky Avenue with Petrovsky Lane, around 1840 it was relocated to its present place, was repeatedly repaired and in 1957 closed down. The present bridge was built in 1962 (engineers V.V. Demchenko, А.D. Gutzeit, architect L.А. Noskov), the span is arched by a reinforced concrete cantilever suspension construction on reinforced concrete abutment with a granite facing. Length: 57 metres, width: 22 metres.

D. Y. Guzevich, S.Z. Suponitsky, N.M. Kozlovskaya. Demchenko V.V.
Gutzeit A.D.
Noskov Lev Alexandrovich
Petrovsky Ave/Saint Petersburg, city
Petrovsky Lane/Saint Petersburg, city
Zhdanovskaya Embankment/Saint Petersburg, city