Строительство Троицкого моста / Construction of the Trinity Bridge: 1897-1903

Россия на дореволюционных фотографиях
Строительство Троицкого моста
Санкт-Петербург
1897-1903

Russia in pre-revolutionary photographs
Construction of the Trinity Bridge
St. Petersburg
1897-1903

Music:
6 Etudes, Op. 23: No. 6 in G major by Anton Rubinstein

Trinity Bridge is a bascule bridge across the Neva in Saint Petersburg, Russia. It connects Kamennoostrovsky Prospect with Suvorovskaya Square. It was the third permanent bridge across the Neva, built between 1897 and 1903 by the French firm Société de Construction des Batignolles.
Construction began on 12 August 1897. Félix Faure, the president of France was present at the ceremony. In the same political spirit, Nicholas II of Russia laid the foundation stone for the Pont Alexandre III in Paris, another memorial to the Franco-Russian Alliance.

The bridge's name refers to the Trinity Cathedral, which once stood by the river on the Petrograd Side. The name was changed to Bridge of Equality in 1918, and the Cathedral was destroyed soon after. In 1934, the bridge was renamed to honor Sergei Kirov, revolutionary and Bolshevik leader of Petrograd. The original name was only restored in 1999.

Видео Строительство Троицкого моста / Construction of the Trinity Bridge: 1897-1903 канала Nigel Fowler Sutton