Kasimov Bridge

Kasimovsky Bridge is located in St. Petersburg and is laid across the Volkovka River. The total length is 28.6 meters, and the width of the bridge is 27 meters. Kasimovskaya Street leads to the village of Volkovo, on the site of the current bridge before, in 1889 there was a wooden bridge over Volkovka. The wooden beam bridge began to be called Volkovsky, as a place name for the village and the river. The bridge many times was subject to repair and replacement of parts of the structure due to wear. At the beginning of the twentieth century, the bridge was renamed Kasimovsky, as well as the street nearby. Already by 1974, the wooden Kasimovsky bridge finally dilapidated and was to be replaced by a new, but already reinforced concrete one-span beam from engineer Sobolev. Metal fence with a forged simple pattern of railings. In the Ryazan region there is the city of Kasimov, in honor of him was named street and bridge.