Karakum bridge, Road bridge in Lipetsk Oblast, Russia

The Karakum Bridge is a pedestrian metal truss bridge over the Bystraya Sosna River in Yelets, Lipetsk Oblast. Its spans and trusses were originally wooden; the piers are partly built from gravestones taken from the town cemetery beyond the Sosna. The bridge is 198 m long.

Construction of the high-water Karakum Bridge began in 1931; the 1932 flood destroyed the unfinished piers. It opened on 27 September 1933 with a length of 177.8 m along the deck, named after the Moscow–Karakumy–Moscow motor rally that crossed it. In 1942 it was rebuilt with steel trusses brought from near Sochi, and after a concrete road bridge opened in 1977 it became pedestrian.

The bridge takes its name from the 1933 Moscow–Karakum–Moscow motor rally, whose cars crossed it soon after the first tests on 15 September 1933. Its supports were partly laid from gravestones taken from the town cemetery beyond the Sosna. Since 2005 it has again carried pedestrians.

The bridge is pedestrian-only, so access is on foot; it was closed when its plank deck became unusable and reopened on 4 November 2005 after repairs. It spans the Bystraya Sosna in Yelets, connecting the two banks within the town.

The bridge's piers were partly built from gravestones taken from the town cemetery beyond the Sosna. The structure was also the first permanent road bridge over the river; before it, only a railway bridge and flood-prone pontoon bridges linked the banks.