Obukhovsky Bridge, Stone bridge over Fontanka River in Saint Petersburg, Russia

The Obukhovsky Bridge is a bridge over the Fontanka River in central Saint Petersburg, carrying Moskovsky Prospekt across the water. The structure is made of reinforced concrete and faced entirely with granite slabs on its outer surface.

A wooden crossing was built here in 1717 and was replaced by a stone bridge between 1785 and 1786. The structure was fully rebuilt in 1938 with a new concrete base, replacing the earlier stonework.

Nikolai Gogol's story 'The Overcoat' ends with the clerk Akaky Akakievich, or a ghost resembling him, walking toward the Obukhov Bridge and vanishing into the night. The bridge is named after Obukhov, the 'posadsky man' who built the 18th-century crossing.

The bridge is part of everyday vehicle and pedestrian traffic along Moskovsky Prospekt and is accessible at all times. Those walking along the Fontanka can easily include it in a broader walk through the city center.

The 1939 bridge was designed by engineer Vladimir Demchenko and architect Lev Noskov. Its granite facing was newly cut, not reused. A gas main once ran under the upstream sidewalk; a 1950 leak caused an explosion that shattered part of the granite paving, after which the pipe was plugged and buried.