Lion Bridge (Saint Petersburg)
Coordinates: 59 ° 55 ′ 37 ″ N , 30 ° 18 ′ 5 ″ E
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| Official name | Львиный мост | |
| use | pedestrian | |
| Crossing of | Griboyedov Canal | |
| place | Saint Petersburg , (Russia) | |
| construction | Chain bridge | |
| overall length | 27.8 m | |
| width | 2.2 m | |
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The Lion Bridge ( Russian Львиный мост Lwiny most or Мост о четырёх львах Most o tschetyrjoch lwach ) in Saint Petersburg is a pedestrian bridge completed in 1826 . The chain bridge , designed by the Baden civil engineer Wilhelm von Traitteur and Basil Christianowicz , crosses the Gribojedow Canal .
The bridge has a span of 23 m, whereby the two load-bearing chains have a slack of 1.5 m. The suspension chains consist of long, thin iron rods that are connected to one another with eyes and bolts . The hangers, which are also made of thin iron rods, are also attached to the connecting element. The suspension chains are held by a total of four lion heads, which in this way form a decorative end to the 2.14 m wide bridges. The lions that give the bridge its name come from the sculptor Pavel Petrovich Sokolow .
Wilhelm von Traitteur also built the Egyptian Bridge and the Griffin Bridge at the same time , which are also equipped with figures by Sokolow.
Berlin replica
In the western part of the Tiergarten in Berlin took place in 1838 by the of August Borsig newly formed company Borsig , a replica of the bridge in the Tiergarten , designed by Ludwig Ferdinand Hesse . The Berlin Lion Bridge is a wooden bridge and is 17.3 m long and 2 m wide and was the first chain bridge in Berlin.
See also
Web links
- Lion Bridge (Saint Petersburg). In: Structurae (original in Saint Petersburg)
- Lion Bridge (Saint Petersburg). In: Structurae (replica in Berlin)
The Lion Bridges in 2005
The Lion by Pavel Petrovich Sokolov
Berlin replica of the Lion Bridge in the southwestern quadrant of the Berlin Zoo with the Borsig Lions
