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The Red Bridge (Krasniy most), is a single-span bridge across the Moika River
Moika River

The Moika River is a small river which encircles the Saint Petersburg downtown, effectively making it an island. The river, originally known as Mya, derives its name from the Ingrian language word for "slush, mire"....
 in Saint Petersburg
Saint Petersburg

Saint Petersburg is a types of inhabited localities in Russia and a federal subjects of Russia of Russia located on the Neva River at the head of the Gulf of Finland on the Baltic Sea....
, Russia
Russia

Russia , or the Russian Federation , is a list of countries spanning more than one continent country extending over much of northern Eurasia....
. The bridge is a part of Gorokhovaya Street
Gorokhovaya Street

Gorokhovaya Street is a north-south thoroughfare in the Central Business District, Saint Petersburg of Saint Petersburg.Gorokhovaya Street extends from the Admiralty Board and runs south, crossing the Moyka River and the Griboyedov Canal, crossing the Garden Street near Sennaya Square....
. The length of the bridge is 42 m; the width is 16.8 m.

The first cast iron
Cast iron

Cast iron usually refers to Gray iron, but also identifies a large group of ferrous alloys, which solidify with a eutectic. The color of a fractured surface can be used to identify an alloy....
 bridge on the site was designed and built in 1808-1813 to a design by William Heste
William Heste

William Hastie was a Russian architect, civil engineer and town planner of Scottish people descent. His name is also transliterated back from Russian as William Heste or, seldom, Vasily Heste....
. The bridge was rebuilt in 1953 by architect V.V. Blazhevich. The original cast iron structure of the bridge was replaced by the welded steel arches but most of the decorations are left intact.

The bridge's name dates from a 19th century tradition of color-coding the bridges crossing the Moika River.






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The Red Bridge (Krasniy most), is a single-span bridge across the Moika River
Moika River

The Moika River is a small river which encircles the Saint Petersburg downtown, effectively making it an island. The river, originally known as Mya, derives its name from the Ingrian language word for "slush, mire"....
 in Saint Petersburg
Saint Petersburg

Saint Petersburg is a types of inhabited localities in Russia and a federal subjects of Russia of Russia located on the Neva River at the head of the Gulf of Finland on the Baltic Sea....
, Russia
Russia

Russia , or the Russian Federation , is a list of countries spanning more than one continent country extending over much of northern Eurasia....
. The bridge is a part of Gorokhovaya Street
Gorokhovaya Street

Gorokhovaya Street is a north-south thoroughfare in the Central Business District, Saint Petersburg of Saint Petersburg.Gorokhovaya Street extends from the Admiralty Board and runs south, crossing the Moyka River and the Griboyedov Canal, crossing the Garden Street near Sennaya Square....
. The length of the bridge is 42 m; the width is 16.8 m.

The first cast iron
Cast iron

Cast iron usually refers to Gray iron, but also identifies a large group of ferrous alloys, which solidify with a eutectic. The color of a fractured surface can be used to identify an alloy....
 bridge on the site was designed and built in 1808-1813 to a design by William Heste
William Heste

William Hastie was a Russian architect, civil engineer and town planner of Scottish people descent. His name is also transliterated back from Russian as William Heste or, seldom, Vasily Heste....
. The bridge was rebuilt in 1953 by architect V.V. Blazhevich. The original cast iron structure of the bridge was replaced by the welded steel arches but most of the decorations are left intact.

The bridge's name dates from a 19th century tradition of color-coding the bridges crossing the Moika River. Like other colored bridges, the Red Bridge got its name from the colour of its sides facing the river. Today only four colored bridges survive, the other ones being the Blue Bridge
Blue Bridge (Saint Petersburg)

The 'Blue Bridge' , is a 97.3 meter wide bridge that spans the Moika River in Saint Petersburg, Russia . The Blue Bridge is the widest bridge in Saint Petersburg and is sometimes claimed to be the widest bridge in the world ? a claim, however, that has not been recognized by international reference works, such as the Guinness World Records'...
, the Green Bridge
Green Bridge (Saint Petersburg)

Green Bridge is a bridge across Moika River in Saint Petersburg, Russia. It was the first cast iron bridge in the city.In 1713, there was a major road built on the left bank of Neva river, which became the modern Nevsky Prospekt....
 and the Yellow Bridge respectively. Three of them have kept their original names, but Yellow Bridge has been renamed to Pevchesky Bridge
Pevchesky Bridge

The Pevchesky Bridge , also known as the Yellow Bridge, , is a single-span bridge across the Moika River in Saint Petersburg, Russia. The bridge is a part of the Palace Square....
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See also

  • Bridges in Saint Petersburg
  • List of bridges in Saint Petersburg
    List of bridges in Saint Petersburg

    There are 342 bridges in Saint Petersburg, Russia. This is a partial list of most famous ones. The time of drawing for 2006 season is shown in parentheses for drawbridges....