Novosilviy Bridge

The Novosilviy Bridge in Pavlovsky Park was constructed according to the design of architect Ivan Yakovlevich Potolov and engineer Alexey Chikalev in 1875, replacing the former Gurov Bridge (1801). Its name is connected to the name of the forest area where it is located. It connects the Red Valley with the New Silviya district. A path leads down to the bridge from the "End of the World" column. The bridge is decorated with blocks of porous wild stone with railings made from birch trunks. The landscape around the bridge is especially picturesque. Here, in the words of Zhukovsky:

There is an anthill-crowned hill, topped with trees;

There is a decrepit willow down to its twisted roots

Bent with flexible branches...

The bridge has the shape of an arch rising over the Slavyanka River, its outer edge laid with vertically hewn slabs. The base of the bridge’s abutments is made of flat slabs. The sides are faced with cobblestones of various sizes and shapes. Three railing pedestals on each side of the bridge are made in the form of piles of stones. Birch trunks fixed on the pedestals serve as railings.

During the Great Patriotic War, the bridge was blown up during the retreat by the German invaders and was restored in 1990.

Sources:

Zelenova Anna Ivanovna: Pavlovsky Park

https://www.spb-guide.ru/novosilvijskij-most-pavlovsk.htm