Saratov railway bridge, Steel railway bridge in Saratov, Russia

The Saratov Railway Bridge is a steel truss bridge with 16 spans crossing the Volga near the village of Ukek south of Saratov. Its span lengths are 3×66 m, 160 m, 130 m, 190 m, 130 m, 190 m, 130 m, 160 m and 6×67 m. The bridge itself carries a single track, but the approach embankments are double-track. An 800 m dam leads to the bridge in the riverbed, and a 3130 m dam connects the far end to Privolzhsky and Anisovka station.

The Ryazan-Ural Railway sought a Volga crossing from around 1900; a 1917 plan for a combined road-rail bridge near the centre was dropped in favour of a downstream railway bridge. Preparatory work began in 1926 and construction in 1930. On 13 April 1934 the spans collapsed during assembly, killing about 150 workers, many buried at Uvek cemetery. Railway troops completed the 1,730 m bridge, opened on 17 May 1935, replacing the 1896 train ferry.

The bridge appears as a location in the Volga level of the video game Metro Exodus. Its name also lives on in the Uvek cemetery in Saratov, which was created after the April 1934 collapse and where the victims were buried.

The bridge handles daily train traffic and is designed specifically for railway operations. Visitors can view it from riverbank vantage points or observe it from train windows during passage.

The bridge employs construction techniques from its era and demonstrates steel construction methods developed in the pre-World War II period. Railway enthusiasts recognize it as a visible example of industrial engineering from that time.