Bolshoy Moskvoretsky Bridge

55.74888888888937.624444444444Koordinaten: 55 ° 44 ' 56 "N, 37 ° 37' 28" E

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The Great Moscow River Bridge (Russian Большой Москворецкий мост, transkr. Bolshoi Moskworezki most) is a bridge opened in 1937 in Moscow, which leads east of the Kremlin across the Moscow River. The bridge is 554 m long and 40 m wide. She served in 1987 the private pilot Mathias Rust as a landing place for his small airplane in which he flew from Germany to Moscow.

Location

The bridge is located in the old stretch of road transport path from Serpukhov to Tver, the first coming from the south, crossing the water diversion channel with the little Moskva River Bridge before crossing the Moskva River with the Great Moscow River Bridge. The continuation of the road leads past St. Basil's Cathedral over, over Red Square, at the State Historical Museum Moscow, on the Manege Square and then to the Tverskaya Street.

History

The bridge is located on the site of one of the oldest river crossings in Moscow. Since 1498 was at this point, a floating bridge. It was replaced in 1789 by a wooden Trestle. 1829 was followed by a bridge with wooden superstructure on three stone pillars, which burned down in 1870. The superstructure was then replaced by steel arches. 1936 began the construction of the current bridge, which was opened in 1937.

On 28 May 1987, the private pilot Mathias Rust landed his Cessna 172 on the Great Moscow River Bridge. The flight went from Hamburg to Iceland and Sweden to Moscow. The pilot was arrested after landing by employees of the KGB.

Building

The current bridge dates from the engineer Vladimir Sergeyevich Kirillov and the architect Alexei Viktorovich Shchusev. The building has three openings that are spanned by concrete sheets.