Staritsa Bridge, Road bridge over the Volga in Staritsa, Tver Oblast, Russia
The Staritsa Bridge is an arched road bridge over the Volga, 322.1 m long, carrying the Tver–Rzhev road (28K-0576). It links the left-bank Leningradskaya side with the right-bank Moskovskaya side, dividing the town into two roughly equal parts.
The arched bridge was built in 1963, after the Great Patriotic War, replacing a low bridge that had stood opposite the Holy Dormition Monastery. It was reconstructed in 1997–1998 and underwent major repairs in 2019–2020. During repairs to Tver's Migalovo Bridge, drivers used it as a detour via Torzhok, Staritsa and Rzhev.
The bridge divides Staritsa into two roughly equal parts, linking the left-bank Leningradskaya side with the right-bank Moskovskaya side. During repairs to Tver's Migalovsky Bridge, drivers used it to bypass Tver via Torzhok, Staritsa and Rzhev.
The bridge is open to cars and pedestrians and serves as the main crossing point between different neighborhoods. The best time to cross is during daylight when visibility is good and traffic flows normally.
During repairs on Tver's Migalovo Bridge, when that crossing operated only in a limited mode, drivers used the Staritsa Bridge to bypass Tver along the route Torzhok–Staritsa–Rzhev. The 322.1-metre crossing thus served as a regional detour, not just a local link between the town's two banks.
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