The Trinity Bridge drawn at night during the White Nights in Saint Petersburg, Russia
Trinity Bridge (Troitskiy Most) is a bascule bridge across the Neva in Saint Petersburg, Russia. It connects Kamennoostrovsky Prospect with Suvorovskaya Square. It was the third permanent bridge across the Neva, built between 1897 and 1903 by the French firm Batignolles. It is 582 meters (1,909 ft) long and meters (77 ft) wide. Former names of the bridge are Equality Bridge (1918-1934), and Kirovsky Bridge (1934-1999). In 1803 the Voskresensky ponton bridge, which was built in 1786 near Voskresensky Prospected (now Chernyshevsky Prospect), was moved to the Summer Garden. In 1825, the ponton Suvorovsky Bridge was built to link Suvorovskaya Square with Troitskaya Square. In 1892 a contest for constructing a permanent Troitsky Bridge was announced. There were 16 entrants from Russian and European engineers, including one from the French engineer Gustave Eiffel, the creator of the famous Eiffel tower in Paris. The winner was the out-of-competition design of V. Shabrol and R. Patulyar from the French Building Company Batignolles. Vital contributions to their proposal were provided by a number of Russian engineers. A special commission from the Imperial Academy of Arts, including Leon Benois also participated in the project. Construction began on 12 August 1897. Félix Faure, the president of France was present at the ceremony. The bridge was completed in 1903, in time for the 200-year anniversary of Saint Petersburg.
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Location: Saint Petersburg, Russia
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