Novo-Konyushenny Bridge - a bridge that bore the name of a terrorist
Novo - Konyushenny Bridge, Griboedov Canal Embankment, Saint Petersburg, Russia, 191186
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A wide wooden beam bridge was built at this location back in the early 1880s to facilitate the construction of the "Church of the Resurrection of Christ on the site of the mortal wounding in the flesh of the late Emperor Alexander II on the Catherine Canal" (this is the canonical name of the church). During construction, the width of the bridge reached up to 115 meters. After the completion of the church in 1907, the bridge was left in place and was named the "Bridge of the Resurrection of the Lord" — this name lasted until 1917. After the October Revolution of 1917, it was officially renamed the "bridge-overpass," according to its structure and purpose. Throughout its existence, the wooden bridge was repeatedly rebuilt.
A new metal bridge was constructed here in 1967. In May 1975, by decision of the Leningrad City Executive Committee, it was renamed after the assassin of Emperor Alexander II — the Grinevitsky Bridge. The designers of the new crossing were engineer Yu. L. Yurkov, L. N. Sobolev, and architect L. A. Noskov.
After the collapse of Soviet power, the bridge in the center of Petersburg could no longer bear the name of the terrorist from the "People's Will" party. In January 1998, the Grinevitsky Bridge received its current name — Novo-Konyushenny Bridge. The length of the structure is 21 meters, the width is 34.4 meters.
Sources:
https://www.citywalls.ru/house15757.html
https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9D%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%BE-%D0%9A%D0%BE%D0%BD%D1%8E%D1%88%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%BD%D1%8B%D0%B9_%D0%BC%D0%BE%D1%81%D1%82
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