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The Big Stone Bridge (Bolshoy Kamenny Bridge) is one of the bridges across the Moscow River.
It connects Borovitskaya Square, Mokhovaya and Znamenka Streets near the Kremlin’s Borovitskaya Tower with Bolshaya Polyanka Street on Bolotnaya Ostrov, which crosses the Drain Canal along the Small Stone Bridge. This is the third version of the stone bridge in this location.
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The Second Stone Bridge was built in 1859 by colonel Tannenberg on the same site, in line with today’s Lenivka Street.
The new bridge had three steel arched spans (36+40+36 meters) on stone pillars, similar to still existing Novospassky Bridge and Borodinsky Bridge.
The main drawback, compared to these later bridges, was that the Stone Bridge left no free passage for the traffic on embankments. Riverside traffic had to cross bridge traffic in the same level. This design error became a problem even before automobiles and this is why the Second Stone bridge was demolished in 1930s, while Novospassky Bridge still stands.
The first contest for the Third Stone Bridge was held in 1921; none of the entries were selected. The second contest was won jointly by engineer Nikolai Kalmykov and Schuko-Gelfreikh-Minkus team of architects.
Kalmykov’s design was completed in 1935-1938, on a site which is two blocks closer to Kremlin than the previous bridges. The single arched span is 105 meters wide and 8.4 meter high.
A total of 6 parallel, boxed steel arches support the 40 meter wide roadway. The arch rests on submerged caisson foundations. Embankment traffic uses two 42.5 meter long side arches. Total length, including approach ramps, is 487 meters. There are 8 lanes for regular traffic and a divider lane.
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