What is the famous St. Petersburg so famous for all of us for? Of course, unsurpassed bridges. Surprisingly, it is decorated with more than eight hundred bridges, each of which is absolutely unique and unsurpassed. But drawbridges attract tourists most of all. How wonderful to see this unsurpassed sight during the white night in St. Petersburg. I assure you, this event will be remembered for a lifetime.
From the very beginning, all bridges in the city were built with a movable mechanism. These were quite simple designs, at first - wooden ones, after which they got stronger, lined with stone, with iron arches and exquisite lattices. In our time, there are only 21 drawbridges left, each of which is worth seeing, and the most popular of them are Liteiny, Troitsky and Palace. following:
- Liteiny Bridge from 1:40 to 4:45
- Trinity from 1:35 to 4:50
- Palace from 1:25 to 2:50
It starts from the last days of April until the beginning of November, while the days are still warm.
The construction of the Foundry Bridge was completed in 1879. The name of this bridge comes from the Cannon Foundry. It is bred with powerful advanced lifts in just a couple of minutes. It was on this bridge that lanterns were installed for the first time, working automatically from electricity. On the cast-iron gratings of the bridge there is an image of mermaids holding the coat of arms of St. Petersburg in the rivers. You can see it in the very center of the city - on Liteiny Avenue.
Bridging in St. Petersburg is prohibited if the wind speed exceeds 15 m per second or the heat is more than 25 ° C on the street. At other times, you can watch such a bewitching picture.
The longest of the bridges on the Neva is the Trinity Bridge, formerly known as Kirovsky. Its length is 580 m. It lies between Suvorov and Troitskaya squares. We completed its construction in 1903, and spent 6 years on the construction. All this was sponsored by the French company Batignolles, and engineers from Russia were already engaged in the reconstruction of the bridge. The bridge was built in honor of the bicentenary of St. Petersburg, the ceremony of its opening was observed by Nicholas II himself. The bridge was created metal, with a beautiful openwork design of 5 arches. After reconstruction in 2002, the designer part of the bridge was restored, painted and modernized, the granite cladding was replaced, the image of the crown and double-headed eagles was returned.
The Palace Bridge, consisting of 5 cast-iron spans, has also been thrown across the Neva. It is more than two hundred and sixty meters long and a little more than 27 m wide. Its construction began during the First World War and was completed in 1916. Further, the bridge succumbed to continuous improvement. Now you can watch the beautiful architectural solution of this building.