Krymsky Bridge

For the bridge connecting Crimea to Taman Peninsula, see Crimean Bridge.
The Krymsky Bridge in 2017. The New Tretyakov Gallery of 20th-Century Art is visible behind the bridge on the right

55°44′02″N 37°35′56″E / 55.73389°N 37.59889°E / 55.73389; 37.59889 Krymsky Bridge [1] (Russian: Крымский мост) is a steel suspension bridge in Moscow. The bridge spans the Moskva River 1,800 metres south-west from the Kremlin and carries the Garden Ring across the river. The bridge links the Zubovsky Boulevard to the north-west with Krymsky Val street to the south-east. The nearby Moscow Metro stations are Park Kultury and Oktyabrskaya.

The existing bridge was completed on May 1, 1938, as part of Joseph Stalin's ambitious reconstruction of downtown Moscow. Designed by engineer V. P. Konstantinov and architect A. V. Vlasov, it is the fourth bridge on this site and the only suspension bridge in all of Moscow.[2]

  1. ^ The adjective Крымский (Crimean) has different explanations, all referring to Crimean Tatars or Crimean Peninsula.
  2. ^ Russian: Энциклопедия "Москва", M, 1997 (Encyclopedia of Moscow, Moscow, 1997)