The Trinity Bridge is a noble symbol of St. Petersburg

The Trinity Bridge serves as a real decoration of the Northern Capital. Its majesty and power combined with a unique decorated pattern and a rich history make it a real find not only for ordinary tourists, but also for professional designers and engineers.

The Trinity Bridge was erected in 1824 on the site of the Petersburg Bridge and at first it was also a dive, that is, a floating bridge. An interesting detail: at first this building was to be named after Suvorov, whose monument is in close proximity, but later the Troitskaya Square was adopted for the landmark with the cathedral of the same name on it.

The city grew, and its needs also grew. The bridge bridge no longer responded to the current moment, so it was decided to erect a permanent bridge. The final decision was made in 1892, after which it was declared not even an all-Russian, but an international competition of projects. The company won G. Eiffel, but she never managed to translate their plans into reality. The building is called "Trinity Bridge. St. Petersburg "began to build another French company -" Batignol ", whose project was advantageously low-cost, and it was assumed that both workers and materials would be domestic.

In parallel with the erection of the main structure, embankments were covered with granite, which connected the Trinity Bridge, Ioannovsky and Sampsonievsky Bridge among themselves. In total, under the granite was about 1100 meters square. The grand opening of this part of the city was specially timed to the memorable date - the bicentenary of the founding of St. Petersburg. This event, which took place in an extremely solemn atmosphere, was attended by the first persons of the city and the state, as well as the President of France, for whose retreat a special marquee was placed.

The revolution that took place in 1917 led to the fact that the Trinity Bridge was renamed. A year later he received the proud name of the Equality Bridge, and from 1934 for a long 57 years he became Kirovsky. Only with the end of the Soviet era this magnificent engineering structure was returned to its former name.

In the terrible 1941-1944. Leningrad, as is known, for a long nine hundred days was in blockade. During this time, hundreds of thousands of shells, bombs and cartridges were fired onto the city, but Troitsky Bridge suffered insignificantly. Only twenty years later the first major reconstruction was carried out, which turned it into a modern engineering structure. Also, quite serious work was done on the eve of the celebration of the city's three hundredth anniversary, the result of it was the return of the bridge to the former grace.

To date, the total length of the structure exceeds 580 meters, and the part that rises above the river is about one hundred meters. Troitsky Bridge on the map of sights of St. Petersburg takes its rightful place. It is not by accident that, for several years now, it has been the object of Russia's cultural heritage. Thousands of tourists enjoy it both during the day and at night.