Russia - Bolshoy Moskvoretsky Bridge 波修瓦莫斯柯弗奈斯基橋

 

Stamp Issue : 1947 

Bolshoy Moskvoretsky Bridge, a concrete arch structures from 1936-1937 that spans the Moscow River at the east side of Kremlin in Moscow, the Capital of Russia. It connects the Red Square and Bolshaya Ordynka Street of Zamoskvorechye.
The bridge was originated as a wooden structure of the 15th Century just east of the Kremlin. In 1829, it was expanded into a tri-arch wooden bridge. After a big fire in 1871, it was replaced by a steel arch bridge. Between 1935 to 1938, all the bridges in central Moscow were reinforced into high capacity bridges. Moskvoretsky Bridge was the first one to complete as the only concrete bridge in the 1930s of the 20th century. The bridge crosses the narrowest point of the Moscow River.
At present the main arch of the bridge stands 92 meters long, 6.1 meters high, and 40 meters wide (with 8 lanes). With approach ramps, the bridge has a length of 554 meters. Although the bridge is a concrete structure, Alexey Shchusev the architect chose pink granite as the facade to make the bridge look as if built by real rock.

波修瓦莫斯柯弗奈斯基橋是位於俄羅斯首都莫斯科橫跨莫斯科河的一座混凝土拱橋，緊接克里姆林宮的東面，連接紅場與熱摩斯弗爾恰的波修雅奧登卡街，建於1936-1937年。
此橋原來是位於克里姆林宮東面建於十五世紀的木橋，至1829年始改建成三拱木橋，1871年被大火燒毀後更換成鋼拱橋。在1935至38年，所有在莫斯科市中心的橋樑被替換為高載量的橋樑。莫斯柯弗奈斯基橋是第一個完成，並且是20世紀30年代唯一的混凝土橋，這座橋被建築在莫斯科河最狹窄處。
目前橋梁主拱長92公尺，高6.1公尺，寬40公尺（8線車道），連引道總長554公尺。雖然是混凝土結構，但建築師阿列克謝休謝夫將橋梁設計成淺紅色的花崗岩磚橋外型，讓人們產生以為這是一座石橋的幻覺。