Kaunas railway bridge
Coordinates: 54 ° 52 ′ 53 ″ N , 23 ° 55 ′ 30 ″ E
| Kauno Gelezinkelio tiltas | ||
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| Official name | Geležinkelio tiltas | |
| use | Lentvaris – Chernyshevskoye railway line | |
| Crossing of | Nemunas ( Memel ) | |
| place | Kaunas | |
| construction | Truss bridge | |
| overall length | 327 m | |
| start of building | April 1859 | |
| completion | February 4, 1862 | |
| planner | Ernest Gouin et Cie | |
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The Kaunas Railway Bridge ( lit. Kauno Gelezinkelio tiltas , Žaliasis tiltas ) is a railway bridge over the Memel in the city of Kaunas in Central Lithuania . The 327-meter-long railway bridge connects the Kaunas station district with the Žemutinė Freda district. Since November 18, 1996 it has been entered in the register of immovable cultural assets.
history
The Kaunas railway bridge was built at the same time as the Kaunas railway tunnel as part of the construction of the Landwarow – Eydtkuhnen ( Lentvaris – Chernyshevskoje ) railway. It was built from April 1859 to February 4, 1862 by the French company Ernest Gouin et Cie . The metal bridge parts were made in France and then transported to Kaunas by ship. Because some of the vans sank in the Baltic Sea, there were delays in construction.
Web links
- Geležinkelio tiltas (Žaliasis) per Nemuną Kaune. Retrieved June 6, 2010 (Lithuanian).
Individual evidence
- ↑ Geležinkelio tiltas. Kultūros paveldo departamentas prie Kultūros ministerijos, accessed June 6, 2010 (Lithuanian).