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Friendship Bridge (Estonia-Russia)

Bridge linking Narva, Estonia with Ivangorod, Russia

Architectural plans, a scale model, maps and brass measuring instruments
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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionSep 2, 2026
Entity authorityQ14955759 ↗
Source-derived summary

Friendship Bridge (Estonian: Sõpruse sild, Russian: Нарвский мост Дружбы) is a bridge spanning the Narva River. It links the city of Narva in Estonia with the town of Ivangorod in Russia. The Narva Friendship Bridge is part of the European route E20. The length of the bridge is 162 m.

The bridge was finished in October 1960.

Editorial summary

This brief starts where responsible research should: with the source description of “Friendship Bridge (Estonia-Russia)” as bridge linking Narva, Estonia with Ivangorod, Russia. Everything that follows is an evidence route, not borrowed authority.

Editorial reviewA valuable geographic starting point for tracing changing names, boundaries, uses and administrative responsibility. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1960—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1960. The account is most persuasive where Friendship, Bridge and Estonia-Russia can be independently traced.
Editorial analysis

Why this record matters

The subject matters to the places & architecture register because the source frames it as bridge linking Narva, Estonia with Ivangorod, Russia. Its deeper value depends on whether names, dates, institutions and citations support that framing.

Evidence profile

Place names and jurisdictional language are key evidence: both can reveal earlier catalogue descriptions and overlooked record series. The source revision retrieved here is dated Sep 2, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q14955759. Authority coordinates are 59.377, 28.204. 1 of 2 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1960.

Critical limits

Architectural summaries often privilege surviving fabric and can understate demolished phases, contested use or displaced communities. The lead is largely declarative, so disagreement and counter-evidence require a deliberate search beyond the opening account. Authority statements aid reconciliation but still require their own references, qualifiers and ranks to be checked.

How to read it

Treat names, boundaries and functions as historically changeable. Maps, plans, inventories and administrative records can clarify what the place meant at different dates.

Best used for
  • Historic place names
  • Jurisdictional context
  • Routes into maps and plans
Verify next

Contemporary maps, plans, listed-building records, estate papers and the responsible local or national archive.

Three-step research path

  1. Establish the record: confirm the title “Friendship Bridge (Estonia-Russia)”, its source revision and the description used here.
  2. Expand the search: follow Friendship Bridge (Estonia-Russia) primary sources, Friendship Bridge (Estonia-Russia) archive and Friendship research across catalogues and specialist indexes.
  3. Test the account: compare the strongest cited source with the responsible institution’s current record and note any disagreement.

Questions for further research

  1. Which source most directly establishes the central claim about “Friendship Bridge (Estonia-Russia)”?
  2. What physical evidence or contemporary plan supports the description?
  3. Which authority defined the place, boundary or structure at the relevant date?
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This entry incorporates text from “Friendship Bridge (Estonia-Russia)” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.