Blagoveshchensky Bridge

59.93472230.2897220Koordinaten: 59 ° 56 '5 " North, 30 ° 17' 23" E

Neva

The Blagoveshchensky Bridge (Russian Благовещенский мост, formerly Lieutenant Schmidt Bridge, Мост Лейтенанта Шмидта ) crosses the Neva river in Saint Petersburg.

The Blagoveshchensky Bridge was the first permanent bridge across the Neva. It connects Vasilievsky Island with the city center.

Name

The bridge was built from 1843 to 12 November 1850 the project name Nevsky Bridge ( Невский мост / Nevsky most). From November 12th 1850 to the year 1855 it was called Blagoveshchensky Bridge ( Благовещенский мост / Blagoveshchensky most). After the death of Nicholas I in 1855, she was the Nikolai Bridge ( Николаевский мост / Nicolaevsky most) renamed. Another learned renaming the bridge after the revolution in 1918, after it in honor of Peter Schmidt for Lieutenant Schmidt Bridge ( мост Лейтенанта Шмидта / most Leitenanta SmithA ) was. Following extensive refurbishment measures the bridge on 14 August 2007, reopened as Blagoveshchensky Bridge.