Carries One way rail traffic Locale Lakhtinsky Razliv Lake Width 1 track-way Location Lakhtinsky Razliv Body of water Lakhtinsky Razliv | Crosses Lakhtinsky Razliv Lake Maintained by RZhD, OktZhD, SPbZhD Opened 1894 Material Metal Construction end 1894 | |
Design Metal one-span girder bridge, based on box-shaped beams on stone coastal foundations | ||
The Lakhtinsky crossover is a railroad line that crosses the Lakhtinsky Razliv lake in Saint Petersburg, Russia. For the first stage of the Primorskaya line on the route from Novaya Derevnya to Lakhta, it was necessary to cross lake Lakhtinsky Razliv.
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Construction
Engineer P. A. Avenarius constructed the crossover in 1894. It was a 200-metre (660 ft) pile bridge which paralleled the Lakhtinsky dam on which there was a road. Near to the bridge, Shunting loop Dum and Shunting loop 2 verst were constructed. The bridge opened July 12, 1894.
Destruction and rebuilding
Сatastrophic flooding on September 23, 1924 completely destroyed the bridge. It was restored in 1925 at its current location.
Current structure
As of 2009, the bridge is a metal one-span girder bridge, constructed from box-shaped beams on stone foundations.