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Semyonovsky Bridge

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Carries
  
traffic and pedestrian

Locale
  
Saint Petersburg

Opened
  
1788

Width
  
20 m

Bridge type
  
Arch bridge

Crosses
  
Fontanka River

Design
  
Arch Bridge

Total length
  
55 m

Location
  
Saint Petersburg

Body of water
  
Fontanka River

Semyonovsky Bridge

Address
  
р., Fontanka river embankment, St Petersburg, Russia

Similar
  
Gorstkin Most, Obukhovsky Bridge, English Bridge, Most Belinskogo, Panteleymonovsky Bridge

Semyonovsky Bridge or Semenovsky Bridge (Russian: Семёновский Мост) is a bridge across the Fontanka River in Saint Petersburg, Russia. It carries the Gorokhovaya Street. It was opened in 1733 as a wooden bridge, then rebuilt in stone in 1788, and subsequently modified in 1857 and 1949. The bridge took its name from the Semenovsky Imperial Guard regiment barracks located nearby.

The area is home to many sightseeing boats going to the Winter Palace, Peter and Paul Fortress, Summer Garden, and the Church of the Savior on Blood.

References

Semyonovsky Bridge Wikipedia