Tsarsky Bridge, Yekaterinburg, Stone bridge in Yekaterinburg, Russia.
Tsarsky Bridge is a three-span stone arch road bridge over the Iset River, aligned with Dekabristov Street, the former Alexandrovsky Prospect. Built in 1889–1890 to designs by city architect S. S. Kozlov and R. I. Karvovsky, it carries traffic on an asphalted roadway with wrought-iron railings added after the war.
A wooden pile bridge was built after Emperor Alexander I first visited Yekaterinburg in 1824, named Tsarsky or Alexandrovsky. In 1847 architect R. N. Spiring proposed rebuilding it in stone, but the finance ministry rejected the plan and a wooden bridge was restored in 1856–1858. The three-span stone bridge was built in 1889–1890 to designs by city architect S. S. Kozlov and R. I. Karvovsky.
The bridge takes its name from the Russian tsar and symbolizes the connection between different districts of Yekaterinburg. It forms part of the city's daily life and is used by both pedestrians and vehicles alike.
The best way to reach it is on foot or by car via Dekabristov Street, which runs across it. Visitors should know that the river flows beneath it year-round and the views from the sides are particularly nice.
The bridge owes its name to Alexander I's first visit to Yekaterinburg in 1824, when a wooden pile bridge was built in his honour. The stone arches standing today date from 1889–1890, built to designs by city architect S. S. Kozlov and R. I. Karvovsky.
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