List of bridges in Moscow
Encyclopedia
This is a partial list of bridge
s of Moscow
, Russia
, including existing rail, road and foot bridges over Moskva River
, Moskva Canal, Vodootvodny Canal
within the MKAD
beltway limits and the bridges over Yauza River
downstream from Rostokino.
Completion years are referenced to (Yauza river ). Reconstruction years are included, when load-bearing arches, girders and roadway decks were replaced. In these cases, both year of original completion and year or years of reconstruction are given, i.e. Novospassky Bridge, 1911/1938/2000. Replacement or relocation of arhes, roadway deck and supporting pillars or foundations qualifies as new construction, as in the case of Pushkinsky Pedestrian Bridge
(2000). In case of Komissariatsky Bridge
, completion (1927) and opening to regular traffic (1960) are separated by decades; only the earliest year (1927) is listed.
Bridge
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s of Moscow
Moscow
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, including existing rail, road and foot bridges over Moskva River
Moskva River
The Moskva River is a river that flows through the Moscow and Smolensk Oblasts in Russia, and is a tributary of the Oka River.-Etymology:...
, Moskva Canal, Vodootvodny Canal
Vodootvodny Canal
Vodootvodny Canal is a 4 kilometre long, 30-60 metre wide canal in downtown Moscow, Russia. It was built in 1780s on the old riverbed of Moskva River to control floods and support shipping. Canal construction created an island between Moskva river and the canal. The island acquired its present...
within the MKAD
MKAD
MKAD is a ring road encircling the City of Moscow.The acronym is a transliteration of the Russian МКАД, for Московская Кольцевая Автомобильная Дорога .The growth of traffic in and around Moscow in the 1950s made the city planners realise Russia's largest metropolis...
beltway limits and the bridges over Yauza River
Yauza River
This article is about a river in Moscow, a tributary of the Moskva River. There are three other Yauza rivers in Central Russia: tributaries of the Lama, Gzhat and Sestra....
downstream from Rostokino.
Listing conventions
Bridge lists for each river are sorted in downstream order, with type and year of completion of existing bridge. Pairs of adjacent bridges serving the same highway or rail line are listed as single entries, with different completion years separated by commas. Demolished bridges are listed only when no replacements were built on old sites or nearby. Tram service is shown as of December 2006. Many other existing bridges had tram tracks in the past.Completion years are referenced to (Yauza river ). Reconstruction years are included, when load-bearing arches, girders and roadway decks were replaced. In these cases, both year of original completion and year or years of reconstruction are given, i.e. Novospassky Bridge, 1911/1938/2000. Replacement or relocation of arhes, roadway deck and supporting pillars or foundations qualifies as new construction, as in the case of Pushkinsky Pedestrian Bridge
Andreyevsky Bridge
Andreyevsky Bridge name refers to a historical bridge demolished in 1998 and three existing bridges across Moskva River, located between Luzhniki and Gorky Park in Moscow.- Andreyevsky Rail Bridge :...
(2000). In case of Komissariatsky Bridge
Bolshoy Ustinsky Bridge
Bolshoy Ustinsky Bridge is a steel arch bridge that spans Moskva River near the mouth of Yauza River, connecting the Boulevard Ring with Zamoskvorechye district in Moscow, Russia...
, completion (1927) and opening to regular traffic (1960) are separated by decades; only the earliest year (1927) is listed.
Bridges over Moskva River and Moskva Canal
- Khimkinsky Bridges (Химкинские мосты) over Moskva Canal, road:MKADMKADMKAD is a ring road encircling the City of Moscow.The acronym is a transliteration of the Russian МКАД, for Московская Кольцевая Автомобильная Дорога .The growth of traffic in and around Moscow in the 1950s made the city planners realise Russia's largest metropolis...
, 1997 and 1998 - Leningradsky Bridge (Ленинградский мост) over Moskva Canal, road, 1970
- Spassky Bridges (Спасские мосты), road:MKADMKADMKAD is a ring road encircling the City of Moscow.The acronym is a transliteration of the Russian МКАД, for Московская Кольцевая Автомобильная Дорога .The growth of traffic in and around Moscow in the 1950s made the city planners realise Russia's largest metropolis...
, 1998 and 1962) not to be confused with downtown Novospassky BridgeNovospassky BridgeNovospassky Bridge is a steel plate girder bridge that spans [Moskva River], connecting Novospassky Monastery and Paveletsky rail terminal areas in Moscow, Russia . It was built in 1911, as a triple-span steel arch bridge. Reconstruction in 2000 replaced arches with a simpler plate girder structure... - Stroginsky Bridge (Строгинский мост), road, tram, 1982
- Moscow-Riga Railroad BridgeMoscow-Riga Railroad BridgeMoscow-Riga Railroad Bridge is a concrete arch bridge that spans Moscow Canal between Tushino and Shchukino Districts in northwestern Moscow, Russia. The bridge does not have an official name and is sometimes styled as Railroad bridge over Moscow Canal...
over Moskva Canal, rail, 1936 - Zhivopisny BridgeZhivopisny BridgeZhivopisny Bridge is a cable-stayed bridge that spans Moskva River in north-western Moscow, Russia. It is the first cable-stayed bridge in Moscow. Opened on 27 December 2007 as a part of Krasnoprenensky avenue...
(Живописный мост), road, 2007 - Khoroshevsky Bridge (Хорошёвский мост) over Moskva River Shortcut, road, 1938
- Karamyshevsky Bridge (Карамышевский мост) over Moskva River Shortcut, road, 1937
- Krylatsky Bridge (Крылатский мост), road, 1984
- Kraspopresnensky Bridge (Краснопресненский мост), road, 1965
- Filevsky Rail Bridge (Филевский железнодорожный мост), rail, 1875/1938/1961
- Dorogomilovsky Rail Bridge (Дорогомиловский железнодорожный мост), rail, 1907
- Dorogomilovsky Road Bridge (Дорогомиловский автодорожный мост), road:Third RingThird RingThe Third Ring Road, or The Third Ring, is Moscow's newest beltway, located between the Garden Ring in the city centre and Moscow Ring Road....
, 2000 - Bagration BridgeBagration BridgeBagration Bridge is a bridge spanning the Moscow River in Moscow. It connects Tower 2000 to the main Moscow International Business Centre. The bridge was opened in September 1997 to celebrate Moscow's 850th anniversary of its founding....
(Мост Багратион), pedestrian, 1997 - Novoarbatsky Bridge (Новоарбатский мост), road, 1957
- Smolensky Metro BridgeSmolensky Metro BridgeSmolensky Metro Bridge is a steel arch bridge that spans Moskva River in Dorogomilovo District of Moscow, Russia. It is the first bridge built for the Moscow Metro in 1935–1937, designed by N.P.Polikarpov, P.K.Antonov and Yakovlev brothers...
(Смоленский метромост), subway, 1937 - Borodinsky BridgeBorodinsky BridgeBorodinsky Bridge is a steel plate girder bridge that spans Moskva River, connecting Dorogomilovo District and Kievsky Rail Terminal with the centre of Moscow, Russia . The bridge was built in 1911–1912 as deck arch bridge by N.I. Oskolkov, M.I. Schekotov and Roman Klein...
(Бородинский мост), road, 1912/1952/2001 - Bogdan Khmelnitsky (Kievsky) BridgeKrasnoluzhsky BridgeThe name Krasnoluzhsky Bridge refers to three existing bridges across Moskva River, located between Kievsky Rail Terminal and Luzhniki in Moscow.- Krasnoluzhsky Rail Bridge :...
(Мост Богдана Хмельницкого), foot, 2001 - Krasnoluzhsky Rail BridgeKrasnoluzhsky BridgeThe name Krasnoluzhsky Bridge refers to three existing bridges across Moskva River, located between Kievsky Rail Terminal and Luzhniki in Moscow.- Krasnoluzhsky Rail Bridge :...
(Краснолужский железнодорожный мост), rail, 1907/2001 - Krasnoluzhsky Road BridgeKrasnoluzhsky BridgeThe name Krasnoluzhsky Bridge refers to three existing bridges across Moskva River, located between Kievsky Rail Terminal and Luzhniki in Moscow.- Krasnoluzhsky Rail Bridge :...
(Краснолужский автодорожный мост), road:Third RingThird RingThe Third Ring Road, or The Third Ring, is Moscow's newest beltway, located between the Garden Ring in the city centre and Moscow Ring Road....
, 1998 - Luzhniki Metro BridgeLuzhniki Metro BridgeLuzhniki Metro Bridge , also known as Metromost , is a concrete two-level arch bridge carrying road and subway over the Moskva River in Moscow, Russia, connecting the city center with Sparrow Hills. The bridge houses Vorobyovy Gory, the only station of Moscow Metro located above water. Originally...
(Лужнецкий метромост), road, subway station, 1958/2001 - Andreyevsky Road BridgeAndreyevsky BridgeAndreyevsky Bridge name refers to a historical bridge demolished in 1998 and three existing bridges across Moskva River, located between Luzhniki and Gorky Park in Moscow.- Andreyevsky Rail Bridge :...
(Андреевский автодорожный мост), road:Third RingThird RingThe Third Ring Road, or The Third Ring, is Moscow's newest beltway, located between the Garden Ring in the city centre and Moscow Ring Road....
, 2000 - Andreyevsky Rail BridgeAndreyevsky BridgeAndreyevsky Bridge name refers to a historical bridge demolished in 1998 and three existing bridges across Moskva River, located between Luzhniki and Gorky Park in Moscow.- Andreyevsky Rail Bridge :...
(Андреевский железнодожный мост), rail, 2001 - Pushkinsky BridgeAndreyevsky BridgeAndreyevsky Bridge name refers to a historical bridge demolished in 1998 and three existing bridges across Moskva River, located between Luzhniki and Gorky Park in Moscow.- Andreyevsky Rail Bridge :...
(Пушкинский мост), foot, 2000 - Krymsky (Crimean) BridgeKrymsky BridgeKrymsky Bridge or Crimean Bridge is a steel suspension bridge in Moscow. The bridge spans the Moskva River 1,800 metres south-west from the Kremlin and carries the Garden Ring across the river. The bridge links the Crimean Square to the north with Krymsky Val street to the south...
(Крымский мост), road:Garden RingGarden RingThe Garden Ring, also known as the "B" Ring , is a circular avenue around the central Moscow, its course corresponding to what used to be the city ramparts surrounding Zemlyanoy Gorod in the 17th century....
, 1938 - Demolished and not replaced: Babyegorodskaya Dam (Бабьегородская плотина), 1836
- Patriarshy BridgePatriarshy BridgePatriarshy Bridge is a steel pedestrian arch bridge that spans Moskva River, connecting Cathedral of Christ the Saviour with Bersenevka in downtown Moscow, Russia . It was built in 2004, designed by Mikhail Posokhin...
(Патриарший мост), foot, 2004 - Bolshoy Kamenny BridgeBolshoi Kamennyi BridgeBolshoy Kamenny Bridge is a steel arch bridge spanning Moskva River at the western end of the Moscow Kremlin. Its predecessor was the first permanent stone bridge in Moscow, Russia...
(Большой Каменный мост), road, 1938 - Bolshoy Moskvoretsky BridgeBolshoy Moskvoretsky BridgeBolshoy Moskvoretsky Bridge is a concrete arch bridge that spans the Moskva River in Moscow, Russia, immediately east of the Moscow Kremlin. The bridge connects Red Square with Bolshaya Ordynka street in Zamoskvorechye. Built in 1936-1937, it was designed by V. S...
(Большой Москворецкий мост), road, 1937 - Bolshoy Ustinsky BridgeBolshoy Ustinsky BridgeBolshoy Ustinsky Bridge is a steel arch bridge that spans Moskva River near the mouth of Yauza River, connecting the Boulevard Ring with Zamoskvorechye district in Moscow, Russia...
(Большой Устьинский мост), road, tram, 1938 - Bolshoy Krashokholmsky BridgeBolshoy Krashokholmsky BridgeBolshoy Krasnokholmsky Bridge is a steel arch bridge that spans Moskva River in downtown Moscow, Russia, carrying Garden Ring between Tagansky District and Zamoskvorechye Districts. It was completed in 1938 by V.M.Vakhurkin , G.P.Golts and D.M.Sobolev...
(Большой Краснохолмский мост), road:Garden RingGarden RingThe Garden Ring, also known as the "B" Ring , is a circular avenue around the central Moscow, its course corresponding to what used to be the city ramparts surrounding Zemlyanoy Gorod in the 17th century....
, 1938 - Novospassky BridgeNovospassky BridgeNovospassky Bridge is a steel plate girder bridge that spans [Moskva River], connecting Novospassky Monastery and Paveletsky rail terminal areas in Moscow, Russia . It was built in 1911, as a triple-span steel arch bridge. Reconstruction in 2000 replaced arches with a simpler plate girder structure...
(Новоспасский мост), road, tram, 1911/1938/2000 - Demolished and not replaced: wooden Vsesvyatsky road bridge (road, located between Simonov MonasterySimonov MonasterySimonov monastery in Moscow was established in 1370 by monk Feodor, a nephew and disciple of St Sergius of Radonezh.The monastery land formerly belonged to Simeon Khovrin, a boyar of Greek extraction and progenitor of the great clan of Golovins. He took monastic vows in the cloister under the name...
and Zhukov proezd) - Avtozavodsky Bridge (Автозаводский мост), road:Third RingThird RingThe Third Ring Road, or The Third Ring, is Moscow's newest beltway, located between the Garden Ring in the city centre and Moscow Ring Road....
, 1961. Replaced wooden Danilovsky Bridge (road, tram) that was built after World War IWorld War IWorld War I , which was predominantly called the World War or the Great War from its occurrence until 1939, and the First World War or World War I thereafter, was a major war centred in Europe that began on 28 July 1914 and lasted until 11 November 1918... - Alekseevsky Rail Bridge (Алексеевский (Даниловский) железнодорожный мост), rail, 1908/1999
- Demolished and replaced with reclaimed land: wooden Nagatinsky bridge (near present-day portal of Avtozavodskaya tunnel)
- Nagatinsky Metro Bridge (Нагатинский метромост), road, subway, 1969
- Saburovsky Rail BridgesSaburovsky Rail BridgesSaburovsky Rail Bridges are two adjacent steel bridges that span Moskva River in southern Moskvorechye-Saburovo District of Moscow, Russia. They were completed in 1924 and 1953, when Saburovo was a remote suburb of Moscow.-Saburovsky Bridge :...
(Сабуровские мосты), rail, 1953 and 1924 - Brateevsky Bridge (Братеевский мост), road, 1989
- Besedinsky Bridges (Бесединские мосты), road:MKADMKADMKAD is a ring road encircling the City of Moscow.The acronym is a transliteration of the Russian МКАД, for Московская Кольцевая Автомобильная Дорога .The growth of traffic in and around Moscow in the 1950s made the city planners realise Russia's largest metropolis...
, 1998 and 1961/1998
Bridges over Vodootvodny Canal
- Maly Kamenny Bridge (Малый Каменный мост), road, 1938
- Luzhkov Bridge (Лужков мост), foot, 1994
- Maly Moskvoretsky Bridge (Малый Москворецкий мост), road, 1938
- Chugunny Bridge (Чугунный мост), road, 1889/1966
- Sadovnichesky BridgeSadovnichesky BridgeSadovnichesky Bridge is a cоncrete pedestrian arch bridge that spans Vodootvodny Canal in historical Zamoskvorechye district of Moscow, Russia. The bridge connects Balchug island with Zamoskvorechye mainland. It was built in 1963, designed by Nina Bragina , V.A. Korchagin and K.P. Savelyev...
(Садовнический мост), foot, 1963 - Komissariatsky BridgeBolshoy Ustinsky BridgeBolshoy Ustinsky Bridge is a steel arch bridge that spans Moskva River near the mouth of Yauza River, connecting the Boulevard Ring with Zamoskvorechye district in Moscow, Russia...
(Комиссариатский мост), road, tram, 1927 - Zverev BridgeZverev BridgeZverev Bridge is a pedestrian arch bridge that spans Vodootvodny Canal in Zamoskvorechye district of downtown Moscow, Russia. It was built in 1930 by N.Ya.Kalmykov and I.A.Frantsuz ....
(Зверев мост), foot, 1930 - Maly Krasnokholmsky Bridge (Малый Краснохолмский мост), road:Garden RingGarden RingThe Garden Ring, also known as the "B" Ring , is a circular avenue around the central Moscow, its course corresponding to what used to be the city ramparts surrounding Zemlyanoy Gorod in the 17th century....
, 1938 - Second Schluzovoy Bridge (Второй Шлюзовой мост) official title to be confirmed, foot, 1997
- Schluzovoy BridgeSchluzovoy BridgeSchluzovoy Bridge is a concrete cantilever bridge in Moscow, Russia, spanning the eastern extremity of Vodootvodny Canal and connecting right-bank embankments of Moskva River. Existing bridge was completed in 1965 by engineer Z.V...
(Шлюзовой мост, SluiceSluiceA sluice is a water channel that is controlled at its head by a gate . For example, a millrace is a sluice that channels water toward a water mill...
bridge), road, 1965
Bridges over Yauza from Rostokino to Moskva River
- Rostokinsky Bridges 1 and 2 (1ый и 2ой Ростокинские мосты), tram, road, 1957
- Milliony Bridge (Миллионный мост) - see Rostokinsky Aqueduct
- Yaroslavsky Rail Bridge (мост Ярославского направления), rail
- Bogatyrsky Bridge (Богатырский мост), road, tram, 1912
- Oleny Bridge (Олений мост), road
- Glebovsky Bridge (Глебовский мост), road, 1981
- Preobrazhensky Metro Bridge (Преображенский метромост), subway, 1965
- Matrossky Bridge (Матросский мост), road, tram, 1956
- Rubtsovsko-Dvortsovy Bridge (Рубцовско-Дворцовый мост), foot
- Elektrozavodsky Bridges (Электрозаводские мосты), road, rail, foot
- Rubtsov Bridge (Рубцов мост), foot
- Gospitalny Bridge (Госпитальный мост), road, 1941
- Lefortovsky Bridge (Лефортовский мост), road, tram, 1777/1940
- Third Ring Bridge (Мост ТТК через Яузу), road:Third RingThird RingThe Third Ring Road, or The Third Ring, is Moscow's newest beltway, located between the Garden Ring in the city centre and Moscow Ring Road....
, 2000 - Saltykovsky Bridge (Салтыковский мост), foot
- Tamozhenny Bridge (Таможенный мост), foot
- Andronikov Bridge (Андроников мост), rail
- Kostomarovsky Bridge (Костомаровский мост), road, 1941
- Vysokoyauzsky Bridge (Высокояузский мост), road:Garden RingGarden RingThe Garden Ring, also known as the "B" Ring , is a circular avenue around the central Moscow, its course corresponding to what used to be the city ramparts surrounding Zemlyanoy Gorod in the 17th century....
, 1890/1963 - Tessinsky Bridge (Тессинский мост), foot
- Astakhovsky (Yauzsky) BridgeBolshoy Ustinsky BridgeBolshoy Ustinsky Bridge is a steel arch bridge that spans Moskva River near the mouth of Yauza River, connecting the Boulevard Ring with Zamoskvorechye district in Moscow, Russia...
(Астаховский (Яузский) мост), road, 1938 - Maly Ustinsky BridgeBolshoy Ustinsky BridgeBolshoy Ustinsky Bridge is a steel arch bridge that spans Moskva River near the mouth of Yauza River, connecting the Boulevard Ring with Zamoskvorechye district in Moscow, Russia...
(Малый Устьинский мост), road, 1938
Other notable bridges, dams, locks and aqueducts
- Gorbaty Bridge over PresnyaPresnyaPresnensky District , commonly called Presnya , is a district of Central Administrative Okrug of Moscow, Russia. Population: The district is home to the Moscow Zoo, White House of Russia, Kudrinskaya Square Skyscraper, Patriarshy Ponds, Vagankovo Cemetery, and Moscow-City financial district...
(Горбатый мост), memorial, 1806/1986 - Rostokinsky Aqueduct over Yauza (Ростокинский акведук), 1780-1804
- Setunski Bridge over SetunSetunSetun was a balanced ternary computer developed in 1958 at Moscow State University. The device was built under the lead of Sergei Sobolev and Nikolay Brusentsov. It was the only modern ternary computer, using three-valued ternary logic instead of two-valued binary logic prevalent in computers...
(Сетуньский мост), road, 1953 - Tushino Canal Tunnel (canal, road, tram, 1937)
- Pererva Dam (Перервинская плотина), 1932-1937
- Karamyshevskaya Dam (Карамышевская плотина), 1932-1937
- Yauza Locks
See also
- Moscow bridges Photographs of Moscow bridges and views from them