Bridge of Four Lions

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Bridge of Four Lions
Coordinates	59°55′37″N 30°18′05″E / 59.9269°N 30.3014°E / 59.9269; 30.3014
Crosses	Griboedov Canal
Locale	Admiralteysky District of St Petersburg
Characteristics
Design	Suspension
Total length	22.44 (27.8) m [1]
Width	2.2 m
Traversable?	Pedestrian
History
Opening	July 1, 1826 [2][3]
Closed	1948, 2000
Location

Bridge of Four Lions (Russian: Львиный мост, Мост о четырёх львах) is a 28-metre-long pedestrian bridge over the Griboedov Canal in St Petersburg, connecting L'vinyi Drive to Malaya Podyacheskaya Street. The Lion Bridge is in the Admiralteysky District of St. Petersburg, connecting the Kazansky and Spassky Islands. Its abutments are crowned with four cast iron sculptures of lions, which give the bridge its name. The structure, suspended by cables emerging from the mouths of lions, was constructed in 1825 according to the design of two well-established bridge builders, Wilhelm von Traitteur and Basil Christianovicz. It is an outstanding monument of bridge-building architecture of the first quarter of the 19th century [5]. It is also one of the three surviving pedestrian chain bridges in St. Petersburg (along with Bank and Pochtamtsky bridges).