Potseluev Bridge
Bridge in Saint Petersburg, Russia
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::summary Bridge in Saint Petersburg, Russia ::
::data[format=table title="Infobox Bridge"]
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| bridge_name | Potseluev Bridge |
| Поцелуев Мост | |
| image | PoceluevMost 29613.jpg |
| crosses | Moyka River |
| locale | Saint Petersburg |
| design | Arch Bridge |
| mainspan | |
| length | 41.5 meters |
| width | 23.5 meters |
| height | |
| coordinates | |
| :: |
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- 1738 (wooden)
- 1768 (traffic)
- 1808 (cast iron) | closed = | toll = | map_cue = | map_image = | map_text = | map_width = | coordinates = | lat = | long =
Name and history
During the first half of the 18th century, townspeople had set up a crossing across the Moyka river from improvised materials at the location of the modern bridge.{{cite web | script-title=ru:Поцелуев мост на сайте "Информационный портал Санкт-Петербурга" | url = http://www.spbin.ru/encyclopedia/bridges/potseluev.htm | language = Russian
At the beginning of the 19th century a bridge no longer met the increased traffic loads, and therefore in 1816 it was rebuilt. The new bridge was built to the design of architect William Heste as a single span arched bridge. Like other Heste's bridges, it was made from iron cast with granite facing.
Entrance to the bridge features four granite obelisk with lanterns.
Fence pattern repeats the one from the Moyka River embankments. It was made at the Petersburg iron factory.
The first major renovation was made after heavy floods in 1824 and which nearly destroyed the bridge completely.{{cite book |title= Почему так названы? О происхождении названий улиц, площадей, островов, рек и мостов Санкт-Петербурга |last=Горбачевич К.С. |first= |authorlink= |author2=Хабло Е.П. |year=2002 |publisher=Норинт |location=Saint Petersburg |isbn=5-7711-0019-6 |pages=353 }}
In 2024, a bus fell into the Moyka river from the bridge, killing 7 people.
Gallery
Image:Potseluev Bridge postcard.jpg|19th-century postcard File:PotseluevBridgePostcard1914.jpg|1914 postcard Image:Поцелуев_мост_2006.jpg|Bridge handrail
References
References
- Статья [http://www.most-spb.ru/potceluev/potceluev_his.htm «Поцелуев мост. Историческая справка»] {{in lang. ru на [http://www.most-spb.ru/ сайте «Мосты Петербурга»] {{in lang. ru
- [https://www.visit-petersburg.ru/tematicheskiyturism/lp/svadebnyypeterburg/svadebnyeprimety/]
- [http://www.encspb.ru/ru/article.php?kod=2804006420 Potseluev bridge] website [http://www.encspb.ru/ru/index.php Encyclopedia of St. Petersburg]
- [http://www.opeterburge.ru/bridge_395.html Статья Анжелики Лихачевой на сайте «Всё, что нужно знать о Санкт-Петербурге»] {{in lang. ru
- (March 2018). (March 2018)
- [http://www.spbin.ru/encyclopedia/bridges/potseluev.htm Поцелуев мост] на сайте [http://www.spbin.ru/ «Информационный портал Санкт-Петербурга»]
- "Seven dead in St Petersburg bus crash, officials say".
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