Antonivka Railway Bridge, Railway bridge in Antonivka, Ukraine.
The Antonivka Railway Bridge was a single-track, non-electrified truss bridge carrying the Kherson–Dzhankoi line of the Odesa Railway across the Dnipro. Its iron span, painted pale grey-white, rested on supports beneath a lattice of crisscrossing diagonal and vertical beams forming repeating triangles, with a solid band along the top edge and a parallel lower chord. The 1954 crossing measured almost one kilometre; it was destroyed in November 2022.
Built in 1954, the bridge became a critical transport link between Kherson and eastern regions during the Soviet era. It played a fundamental role in developing the region's railway infrastructure.
The bridge is named after Antonivka, the settlement about 6 km away where construction of a Dnipro crossing began in 1939. Remains of the earlier German wartime bridge, including piles up to 32 m long, are still visible in the Kherson floodplains near the site.
The bridge was blown up on 11 November 2022 during the Russian retreat from the right bank, so the span is destroyed and cannot be crossed. Its remains stand over the Dnipro about 6 km from Antonivka, near the mouth of the Konka. The site is in a front-line area; access is restricted and dangerous.
The 1943 German railway bridge stood only 50 days: it was blown up on 18 December 1943 during the Soviet advance on the left bank of Kherson region, a structure that cost the occupiers 45 million Reichsmarks. Remains of its piles, up to 32 metres long, are still visible in the Kherson floodplains.
The community of curious travelers
AroundUs brings together thousands of curated places, local tips, and hidden gems, enriched daily by 94,319 contributors worldwide.