Palace Bridge

 

Place: Connects the Spit of Vasilyevsky Island with Admiralteysky Island. 

Numbers: Length – 260 m, width – 29 m, weight of the rising spans – 700 tonnes.

Construction time: 1912-1916

Designer: Andrew Pshenitsky

Name Origin: The bridge is situated near the Winter Palace, the main residence of the Russian emperors.

Interesting facts: The bridge was built in the midst of revolutionary events. As a result, being mostly completed in the imperial era, it received a lattice with the Soviet symbols.

Video: Night in St. Petersburg

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ym0bAD_50M8&hd=1

Details on wikipedia.ru