Kokushkin Bridge in St. Petersburg

 

Kokushkin Bridge is a road metal girder bridge across the Griboedov Canal in the Admiralteisky District of St. Petersburg, connecting the Kazansky and Spassky Islands.

Upstream is the Sennoy Bridge, below is the Voznesensky Bridge. The nearest metro stations (300 m) is Spasskaya.

The name was given by the name of the merchant Vasily Kokushkin, whose house was located on the corner of Kokushkin Lane and Sadovaya Street. Built at the end of the 18th century.

Single-span steel-reinforced concrete beam bridge.

The length of the bridge is 20.0 m, the width is 13.1 m, the estimated span is 16.48 m.

The bridge is designed for vehicular and pedestrian traffic.

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