Prachechny Bridge

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PRACHECHNY BRIDGE, over the Fontanka River, by its outlet from the Neva, linking the Dvortsovaya Embankment and Kutuzova Embankment. The name of the bridge refers to Prachechny Yard (Laundry Yard, where the palace laundries were located) next to the Fontanka. The bridge, one of the first in St. Petersburg to be made of stone, was built in 1766-1769 (architects I.L. Rossi, T.I. Nasonov), when the stone embankments of the Fontanka were laid. The three-span arched bridge is made of granite. In 1926-1928, the bases of the piers were reinforced (engineer B.D. Vasilyev). The bridge is 40.9 metres long and 14.3 metres wide.

D. Y. Guzevich, S.Z. Suponitsky, L.Y. Vorontsova. Nasonov Timofey Ivanovich
Rossi Ignacio Ludovico
Vasilyev Boris Dmitrievich
Dvortsovaya Embankment/Saint Petersburg, city
Kutuzova Embankment/Saint Petersburg, city
1769