Cradle of the Moscow River (2024) Photography by Ekaterina Kastalskaya

This photo was taken by photographer Ekaterina Kastalskaya on February 10, 2024 in the center of Moscow.
On it we see the view from the Cast Iron Bridge.
Winter navigation on the Moscow River.
Saturday, a lot of sun and freeze - 15 degrees.

Photo taken on color Kodak ColorPlus 200 film.

The Cast Iron Bridge is a precast concrete girder bridge across the Vodootvodny Canal in Moscow. Located near the Maly Moskvoretsky Bridge, connecting Balchug with Pyatnitskaya Street.

This is the fifth known bridge on this site, built in 1966 using the piers of the 1889 bridge (or the fourth if you count the 1966 work as a reconstruction rather than a bridge replacement).

The first bridge on this site, a wooden one, called Vysokopyatnitsky, was built in 1785, simultaneously with the construction of the Vodootvodny Canal.

The second bridge was a suspension bridge, built at the beginning of the 19th century.

Old Cast Iron Bridge
The third bridge — the Cast Iron Bridge itself — was built in 1835 by engineer P. Ya. Witte. It was an arch bridge made of prefabricated cast iron structures with a carriage underneath. Three openwork cast-iron arches allowed ships to pass under the bridge, but limited the capacity of its roadway.

The fourth bridge was built in 1889 and inherited the name of its predecessor.

The modern bridge was built in 1966 according to the design of O. V. Sosonko and K. P. Savelyev. The river supports were preserved, and the bank abutments were strengthened by replacing the brickwork with concrete.
The width of the bridge remained the same, 17.6 m. Instead of ten iron beams, a structure of 11 reinforced concrete beams was laid. The railings are cast in 1889.

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