Zverev Bridge, Concrete footbridge in Zamoskvorechye District, Russia.
Zverev Bridge is a pedestrian arch bridge over the Vodootvodny Canal in Moscow's Zamoskvorechye District, linking Sadovnichesky Lane with Bolshoy Tatarsky Lane. Its main arch is made of in situ concrete, covered with jute mats for moisture protection and paved with ordinary asphalt. The arch is 32.675 meters long and 3.0 meters wide, and the total length including shoreside stairs is 42.675 meters.
Built in 1930 to designs by engineer Nikolai Kalmykov and architect Isidor Frantsuz, Zverev Bridge is Moscow's oldest pedestrian bridge. It linked Sadovnichesky Lane, then called Zverev Lane, with Bolshoy Tatarsky Lane. At the time the Vodootvodny Canal banks held textile mills in Sadovniki and Red Hills and boiler and turbine plants opposite. The bridge was reconstructed in 2019.
The bridge takes its name from Zverev Lane, which in turn honoured a pre-revolutionary property-owning family. In Soviet times the name was considered unsuitable for a lane but acceptable for a small bridge in a working-class area. The lane was renamed Sadovnichesky in 1954, while the bridge kept Zverev.
The bridge deck is 3 metres wide, with stairs at both ends bringing the total crossing to 42.675 metres. The asphalt surface sits over jute mats laid for moisture protection. Clearance beneath the arch for small boats is 14 by 5 metres, so the span stays open to canal traffic.
Zverev Bridge appears in the 1997 film The Saint at the 01:06:20 mark. In winter, the shallow but warm water of the Vodootvodny Canal around the bridge draws scores of mallard ducks, and in summer small fish and yellow water lilies fill the canal.
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