Cadet Bridge

The Cadet Bridge in the city of St. Petersburg is thrown over the Zhdanovka River and is designed for pedestrian and automobile traffic. The bridge is located in the south-east of the SKA Sports Palace along Petrovsky Prospekt, the main task of the bridge is to connect the Petrograd side with Petrovsky Island.

The first bridge was built of wood and has been marked on maps in the area since 1817. The Cadet Bridge connected Petrovsky Avenue with the lane of the same name, was 420 meters downstream, was restored repeatedly, and in 1840 it was moved to its present location. The bridge was called the Cadet Bridge, but from 1923 to 1993 the Red Kursant Bridge. In 1957, it was closed due to an emergency condition, the construction of the modern bridge began in 1962 under the project of engineers Demchenko and Gutzeit, the architect was Noskov. The length of the bridge reaches 57 meters, and the width is 22 meters.