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There
are about sixty different bridges in Kiev.
Seven of them span the Dnipro river. They
include;
Road-Transport
bridges : Patona
and Moskovs'ky;
Railway bridges: Podil's'ky
and Darnyts'ky;
mixed use: Metro
Mist
(which goes into Rusanivs'ky),
Pivdenny
(Southern) and Pishokhidny
or Walking
Bridge (1957);
Vantovy
Mist
(Guyed Bridge) connecting the Dnipro harbor and
Rybal's'ky Ostriv.
It was built in 1963
and was the first guyed bridge in the
USSR.
The
"Arch Bridge"
crosses the "Venice Canal" in Hidropark. It
was built
in 1966 and is 144 meters long. In addition, Kievian's
also love their "Love
Bridge",
otherwise known as "Chortov". The official
name is Parkovy (
"Park Bridge").
It was built in 1904, although some disput the year
as being 1915. The
bridge connects City Park (City Garden) and
Khreschaty Park, crossing Petrivs'ka Aleya. Each Bridge has
its own unique
structure.
All bridges that
were built
in ancient times, suffered a very short lifespan.
Every Spring ice damage was evident while,
in addition,
people were stripping useable wood sections
for use in
their homes. After several weeks of constructing a new bridge, the situation
would simply reoccur.
In
1853, Britishman Charles Viniol oversaw
the construction of the
first fundamental bridge
in Kyiv. It was approximately
776 meters long and 16 meters wide.
It was known as Lantsyuhovy
Mist (Chain Bridge).
Since
that time many additional bridges
were constructed in Kiev, each with
its own unique history.
Lantsyuhovy
Mist (Chain Bridge)
All of
the
metal parts of Charles Viniol's Bridge were
made in Birmingham, England. Shipped from
Liverpool,
they sailed to Odesa aboard 16
ships, and then on to Kiev by oxen.
This bridge is supported by
thick, heavy chains, thus its
name, Chain Bridge.
In the
summer of 1920 the "Chain Bridge" was destroyed. In 1925 it
was rebuilt and renamed: "Imeni
Yevheniyi Bosh".
(Named after Yevheniya Bosh). But its life was short.
In 1941 the Soviet Army, during its retreat from
the Nazi's, had to detonate
it.
In 1870 the first
railway bridge spanning the river Dnipro was built in the southern part of Kiev under
the scrutiny of engineer Armand Sruve. At that
time it was the longest bridge in Europe, being about
1 kilometer. It is known today as Darnyts'ky
Mist.
In 1920 it was destroyed and in 1921 rebuilt again.
In 1929 in the Nothern
part of Kyiv another railway bridge was built: Podil's'ky
or Petrivs'ky.
At the beginning of
World War II nearly all bridges were destroyed,
however rebuilding got underway shortly after Kiev's
liberation in 1943.
The
constuction of modern new bridges in Kyiv continues
to this day with many new concepts and ideas to
add to Kyiv's rich history of bridge development.
Pishokhidny
Mist (Walking Bridge)
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