Nicholas Chain Bridge

Nicholas Chain Bridge Николаевский цепной мост
Coordinates	50°26′32″N 30°33′52.30″E / 50.44222°N 30.5645278°E / 50.44222; 30.5645278
Crosses	Dnieper
Locale	Kyiv, Ukraine
Characteristics
Design	Suspension bridge
Longest span	776 metres (2,546 ft)
History
Construction start	1848
Construction end	1853
Closed	1920 (destroyed)
Location

The Nicholas Chain Bridge (or Nikolaevsky Chain Bridge; Ukrainian: Миколаївський ланцюговий міст; Russian: Николаевский цепной мост) was a chain bridge over the Dnieper that existed from 1855 to 1920 in Kyiv.

Overview

The bridge was designed by British engineer Charles Blacker Vignoles. Construction started in 1848 and was completed in 1853. The 776-metre-long (2,546 ft) bridge was the largest at that time in Europe. A silver model of the bridge was presented at The Great Exhibition in London.

In 1920, during the Polish-Soviet War, the bridge was blown up by retreating Polish troops. It was restored based on old drawings by Evgeny Paton and opened again in 1925 under the name Yevgenia Bosch Bridge. Paton had significantly changed its structure and raised it by several metres, so that the Yevgenia Bosch Bridge may be considered as a new bridge.

On 19 September 1941, Yevgenia Bosch Bridge was demolished by retreating Soviet troops and was never restored after the war. In 1965 in place of the former chain bridge a new Kyiv Metro Bridge was built.

See also

• Bridges in Kyiv

External links

• Chain bridge history and old photos on Kiev History Site
• Цветное изображение моста
• https://web.archive.org/web/20071222120927/http://pk.kiev.ua/history/2006/07/25/090056.html
• https://web.archive.org/web/20040203060952/http://www.k-telegraph.kiev.ua/N72/starygor.htm
• http://www.nostalgia2.kiev.ua/history-kiev_008.shtml

This page was last edited on 8 September 2022, at 07:31