Staryi Bridge
building located in Dnipro, Ukraine
The Staryi Bridge (Ukrainian: Старий міст, lit. 'Old Bridge'), formerly known as Amurskyi Bridge (Ukrainian: Амурський міст), is a combined double-decker (road and rail) bridge across the Dnieper River in the city of Dnipro.
History
Nikolai Belelubsky designed the bridge and began construction in 1881. The bridge was first opened on May 18, 1884, to service rail and pedestrian traffic across the Dnieper river. At the time of its opening, it was one of the longest bridges in the Russia Empire. The bridge was reinforced in 1914 following the outbreak of the First World War. The bridge was destroyed in 1919 during the Russian Civil War by the Revolutionary Insurgent Army of Ukraine in their attempt to capture the city. The bridge was bombed and destroyed by the Wehrmacht in 1941 during the Second World War. Retreating Red Army soldiers were forced to use a pontoon bridge to cross the river. In 1943, a temporary wooden structure would be built and used until the original bridge was fully restored by December 1955. In 1977, a second railway bridge was built next to the original due to increased volume of traffic using the bridge.
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