Merefa-Kherson bridge
The Merefa-Kherson bridge (Ukrainian: Мерефо-Херсонський міст, Russian: Мерефо-Херсонский мост) is a 1,600 m (5,249.3 ft) single track railway bridge crossing the Dnieper in Dnipro and part of the railway line between cities of Merefa and Kherson.
Merefa-Kherson bridge | |
|---|---|
| Coordinates | 48.4674°N 35.0827°E |
| Carries | Merefa-Kherson railway line |
| Crosses | Dnieper river |
| Official name | Мерефо-Херсонський міст |
| Characteristics | |
| Material | Steel and reinforced concrete |
| Total length | 1,627 metres (5,338 ft) |
| Longest span | 2 × 109 metres (358 ft) |
| History | |
| Construction start | 1912 |
| Construction end | 1932, 1951 |
| Opened | 1932, 21 December |
| Collapsed | 1914, 1940, 1944 (destroyed by troops) |
| Location | |
The second oldest bridge in the city, and the first railway-arch bridge in the Soviet Union, at the time of its construction it was the longest reinforced concrete arched bridge in Europe.
It crosses from the right bank of the Dnieper, over the "Bishop's Channel" ("Архієрейська протока") and Monastyrskyi Island, continuing over the main body of the river to its left bank.
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