Alarchin Bridge (Saint Petersburg)

 road bridge, 1907_construction

The Alarchin Bridge spans the Griboyedov Canal in the alignment of English Avenue and connects Kolomensky and Pokrovsky Islands in the Admiralteysky district of St. Petersburg.. It is a three-span metal structure on stone pillars lined with granite. The superstructure is riveted continuous, consists of seven main beams. The bridge is 29 meters long and 15.8 meters wide. The railings are forged metal, the pavement of the bridge is asphalt concrete.

The bridge retains its name for 200 years. According to the famous historian of St. Petersburg N.P. Petrov, the origin of the name of the Alarchin bridge is due to the incorrect pronunciation of the surname of the shipwright Aladchanin, whose house was located near the bridge.

Since 1761, there has been a wooden bridge here, which in 1783-1785 was rebuilt according to the type of Pikalov Bridge. The author of the project has not been identified. It was a three-span bridge with a wooden superstructure on stone pillars lined with granite, with an average lifting span. The width of the bridge was 10.2 m .

In 1776, the bridge was renamed Alarchin, and in 1783-1785, a new ferry was built on this site according to a standard project of that time: a wooden three-span bridge with a width of 10.2 meters with a lifting draw span, on rubble supports lined with granite. Four granite obelisks with lanterns were installed on the intermediate supports, the railings were made of metal rods of a simple pattern.

In 1906-1907, according to the project of engineers V.A. Bers, A.P. Pshenitsky and architect A.I. Zazersky, the bridge was reconstructed. The wooden superstructure was replaced by a riveted metal, continuous, consisting of seven main beams. In this form, the bridge has been preserved to this day.

The bridge was expanded due to the removal of sidewalks on the console. Granite obelisks with lanterns were moved from intermediate supports to abutments. As a result, the length of the bridge has increased to 26.5 meters, and the width to 15.8 meters.

The original drawing of the bridge grating was also changed. A new forged metal grating was installed at the ferry. The pavement on the bridge remained wooden for a long time, but then it was replaced with asphalt concrete.

In 1953, floor lamps with lanterns were restored on the bridge according to the project of the famous Leningrad architect Alexander Lukich Rotach, and in 1969 the gilding on the completion of granite obelisks was recreated.

In 1995, Washington-type lanterns were restored on the bridge, and in 1996 - a granite drainage tray.

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