The Great Ilyin Bridge

The Great Ilyinsky Bridge, also called the Third Okhtinsky Bridge and simply Ilyinsky Bridge, is located in St. Petersburg, passes through the Okhta River and is the first monolithic reinforced concrete bridge in the city. The Great Ilyinsky Bridge was built in 1912 by the architect Girshson. There used to be a wooden bridge here. Already in 1950, the bridge was reinforced supports, and in 1964 on the console made the sidewalks. The bridge is 37.9 meters long and 11.2 meters wide.

In 2001-2002, a major overhaul of the Great Ilyinsky Bridge took place, a reinforced concrete slab was installed, the canvases were replaced, and a completely new bridge with metal ceilings was built nearby. The new ceilings echoed the shapes of the old ones. According to the project, the bridge was built in accordance with the design of the old bridge, only using modern technologies. Management of road-bridge management of the Committee for improvement and road management of St. Petersburg became in one person the initiator and customer of the Ilyinsky bridge.