Karpovski Bridge over the Karpovka River (with Ioannovsky Convent in the background) 9.24.2014
Translated from Russian Wikipedia:
Karpovsky Bridge (КАРПОВСКИЙ мост) crosses the Karpovka River in St. Petersburg connecting Apothecary Island and Petrograd at St. John Lane and Vsevolod Vishnevsky Street. The bridge is 19 m long and 21.5 m wide.
In 1950, in connection with the transfer of tram from the Kirov Avenue on Vyazemskij lane, project engineer VV Blazhevicha built a metal bridge with a wooden deck. The existing concrete odnoprolёtny frame bridge was constructed between 1986-1989 by the engineer BN Brudno.
Overall length:
19 m
width of the bridge:
21.5 m
Began Operation:
1950
Reconstructed:
1986-1989
Coordinates:
59 ° 58'12 "with. sh. 30 ° 18'04 "to. d. (G) (O) (I)
