Volkovsky Canal

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VOLKOVSKY CANAL, built in the late 1960s during the development of the district of Kupchino along the railway embankment of Vitebskaya Railroad. The canal derives its name from the Volkovka River, as the canal incorporates some part of the upper course and the middle course of the river from Kupchinskaya Street to Blagodatnaya Street. The river is about 6.5 kilometres long and 1-3 metres wide, its banks are stabilised and grassed. Two parallel channels have been dug through the upper reaches of the canal, between Dunaisky Avenue and Dimitrova Street, for the catchment of the adjacent territory. In the area of Balkanskaya Square, the canal drains into piping. The natural bed of the Volkovka River flows into Volkovsky Canal at the bend of Malaya Balkanskaya Street. The Fourth Volkovsky Bridge, the Novo-Volkovsky Bridge and the Belgradsky Bridge span Volkovsky Canal.

Y. P. Seliverstov. Balkanskaya Square/Saint Petersburg, city
Blagodatnaya St./Saint Petersburg, city
Dimitrova St./Saint Petersburg, city
Dunaisky Avenue/Saint Petersburg, city
Kupchinskaya St./Saint Petersburg, city
Malaya Balkanskaya St./Saint Petersburg, city