Bagration Bridge
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Bagration Bridge is a bridge spanning the Moscow River in Moscow
Moscow
Moscow is the capital, the most populous city, and the most populous federal subject of Russia. The city is a major political, economic, cultural, scientific, religious, financial, educational, and transportation centre of Russia and the continent...

. It connects Tower 2000
Tower 2000
Tower 2000 is a 104-metre, 34-storey office building that is located on the right bank of the Moscow River, Moscow, Russia. It is the first skyscraper to be developed in the Moscow International Business Centre. The tower is connected to the MIBC by the Bagration bridge. It was constructed between...

 to the main Moscow International Business Centre. The bridge was opened in September 1997 to celebrate Moscow's 850th anniversary of its founding.
It is named after the Russian-Georgian Napoleonic general Pyotr Bagration
Pyotr Bagration
Prince Pyotr Ivanovich Bagration was a general of the Russian army. He was a descendant of the Georgian royal family of the Bagrations.- Life :...

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Structure

Bagration Bridge has a length of 214 metres and a width of 16 metres. It stands 13 metres above the river. Supporting pillars in reinforced concrete, bearing structure made of steel
Steel
Steel is an alloy that consists mostly of iron and has a carbon content between 0.2% and 2.1% by weight, depending on the grade. Carbon is the most common alloying material for iron, but various other alloying elements are used, such as manganese, chromium, vanadium, and tungsten...

. Lower gallery realised in curved compact polycarbonate
Polycarbonate
PolycarbonatePhysical PropertiesDensity 1.20–1.22 g/cm3Abbe number 34.0Refractive index 1.584–1.586FlammabilityV0-V2Limiting oxygen index25–27%Water absorption – Equilibrium0.16–0.35%Water absorption – over 24 hours0.1%...

 sheet, double wall and aluminium profiles. Upper gallery in double wall glass
Glass
Glass is an amorphous solid material. Glasses are typically brittle and optically transparent.The most familiar type of glass, used for centuries in windows and drinking vessels, is soda-lime glass, composed of about 75% silica plus Na2O, CaO, and several minor additives...

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Realised in 1996 by Caoduro S.p.a. - Italy (Polycarbonate, aluminium and glass parts).
It has two levels.
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