Nicholas Chain Bridge

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The Nicholas Chain Bridge (Ukrainian Миколаївський ланцюговий міст, Russian Николаевский цепной мост ) was a road bridge in Kiev on the Dnieper River.

She joined as the first permanent bridge at that time to the Russian Empire protected town on the hills of the right bank with the still sparsely populated flat land on the left bank and beyond with the eastern parts of the country and the road to Moscow.

The Chain Bridge was planned with the approval of Tsar Nicholas I by the British engineer Charles Blacker Vignoles and built under his leadership, 1848-1853 Fox, Henderson & Co.. Their grand opening was held the Saints together with the unveiling of the monument to Vladimir.

The total was 776 m long bridge five brick pylons in the form of large portals which hung between the four main fields with spans of 143 m on chains. The 16 m wide bridge deck consisted of iron supports on which wooden planks were fastened. She was the longest bridge in the chain 's history.

In 1900 the bridge was strengthened. In 1920, she was blown up by the retreating Polish forces in the Polish -Soviet War.