Schluzovoy Bridge, Cantilever bridge over the Vodootvodny Canal in Moscow, Russia

Shlyuzovoy Bridge is a concrete cantilever bridge completed in 1965 to engineer Z. V. Freydina's design, spanning the eastern mouth of the Vodootvodny Canal where it meets the Moskva River. It runs parallel to the river at a 35° angle to the canal axis. The main span looks like an arch but is formed by two T-shaped consoles projecting 9.3 m from the piers, joined by a 14.06 m central insert; all parts are precast prestressed concrete. The bridge is 49.8 m long and 22 m wide, with a 15 m roadway.

The bridge was constructed in 1965 according to designs by engineer Z.V. Freydina, replacing an earlier temporary wooden structure. That earlier crossing had carried trams and automobiles over the canal since the 1930s.

The name recalls the Krasnokholmsky wooden lock that closed the canal's eastern end from the 1830s until the mid-1930s, about 150 m upstream near house No. 6 on Shlyuzovaya Embankment. The bridge itself appears in the TV detective series "Sledstviye vedut ZnatoKi" ("Otvetny udar"), where it stands in for the Paveletsky bridge.

The bridge sits at the eastern tip of Balchug Island, where Kosmodamianskaya Embankment meets Shlyuzovaya Embankment. Its roadway is 15 meters wide within a 22-meter total width, and it runs parallel to the Moskva River at a 35-degree angle to the canal axis. Look for the 14-meter central insert between the two 9.3-meter cantilever arms.

The bridge creates an optical illusion by appearing to arch like a traditional curved bridge, when it actually consists of two separate cantilevered sections. These two consoles meet precisely at the center, creating the impression of a continuous arching structure.