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Bagration Bridge is a pedestrian bridge spanning the
Moscow River
The Moskva (russian: река Москва, Москва-река, ''Moskva-reka'') is a river running through western Russia. It rises about west of Moscow and flows roughly east through the Smolensk and Moscow Oblasts, passing through centra ...
in
Moscow
Moscow ( , US chiefly ; rus, links=no, Москва, r=Moskva, p=mɐskˈva, a=Москва.ogg) is the capital and largest city of Russia. The city stands on the Moskva River in Central Russia, with a population estimated at 13.0 millio ...
. It connects
Tower 2000 to the main
Moscow International Business Centre
The Moscow International Business Center (MIBC), also known as Moscow-City, is an under-construction commercial development in Moscow, the capital of Russia. The project occupies an area of 60 hectares, and is located just east of the Third ...
.
The bridge was opened in September 1997 to celebrate Moscow's 850th anniversary of its founding. It is named after the Napoleonic wars time general
Pyotr Bagration
Prince Pyotr Ivanovich Bagration (10 July 1765 – 24 September 1812) was a Georgian general and prince serving in the Russian Empire, prominent during the Napoleonic Wars.
Bagration, a member of the Bagrationi dynasty, was born in Tbilisi. Hi ...
.
Structure
Bagration Bridge has a length of 214 metres and a width of 16 metres. It stands 14 metres above the river.
Supporting pillars in reinforced concrete, bearing structure made of
steel. Lower gallery realised in curved compact
polycarbonate sheet, double wall and aluminium profiles. Upper gallery in double wall
glass
Glass is a non-crystalline, often transparent, amorphous solid that has widespread practical, technological, and decorative use in, for example, window panes, tableware, and optics. Glass is most often formed by rapid cooling ( quenching ...
. Realised in 1996 by Caoduro S.p.a. - Italy (Polycarbonate, aluminium and glass parts).
The bridge has two levels.
See also
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List of bridges in Moscow
This is a partial list of bridges of Moscow, Russia, including existing rail, road and foot bridges over Moskva River, Moscow Canal, Vodootvodny Canal within the MKAD beltway limits and the bridges over Yauza River downstream from Rostokino.
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References
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Bridges in Moscow
Bridges built in the Soviet Union
Moscow International Business Center