Kokushkin Bridge
per. Kokushkin, city of St. Petersburg
Description:
Kokushkin Bridge passes through the Griboyedov Canal in the Admiralty District of St. Petersburg, being a connecting bridge for two islands: Kazan and Spassky, and also connects Stolary and Kokushkin lanes.
To the metro station "Sadovaya" 300 meters. The bridge was named after the merchant Vasily Kokushkin, who lived on the corner of Sadovaya Street and Kokushkin Lane. The name of the bridge was twofold until 1872: as Kokushkin and as Kakushkin. The bridge itself was built in the XVIII century, when the walls of the canal embankments, lined with granite, as well as stone supports, were completed.
In 1872, the bridge was repaired and did not change its appearance until 1946, when a complete reconstruction of the bridge was made according to the design of the engineer Levin and the architect Noskov. Fences and railings cast from cast iron, have a simple pattern.
In 1829, A. S. Pushkin in his epigram to the drawing of Notbek mentioned Kokushkin Bridge.