🌅 Palace Bridge

Raised during the navigation season (April–November) at about 1:10

The permanent bridge opened on 23 December 1916 unfinished, with “temporary” wooden railings.
The cast-iron railings replaced the wooden ones only in 1939.
The design by engineer Andrzej Pshenitsky of the Kolomna Works Society was chosen for construction.
Before opening, the bridge was tested by driving 34 loaded trucks onto all its spans at once.
From 1918 to 1944 the bridge was called the Republican Bridge.
The earlier floating Palace Bridge, moved to Senate Square, burned down in 1916 from a spark from a passing tug.
The tram tracks were removed from the bridge in 1997.

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