Kostroma rail bridge

Kostroma rail bridge
Coordinates	55.01°N 82.9180°E / 55.01; 82.9180
Crosses	Volga River
Locale	Kostroma, Russian Federation
Characteristics
Design	1-4 spans are equipped with deck-trusses 5-7 spans with through trusses.
Material	Steel, reinforced concrete, stone.
History
Opened	1932
Location

Kostroma rail bridge is a railway bridge across the Volga River in the city of Kostroma, located at the section of Karimovo-Kostroma-Novaya of the Severnaya Railway network. The bridge has 7 spans. 1-4 spans are eqquiped with deck-trusses, while 5-7 spans - with through trusses.

History

The need for bridge construction in Kostroma occurred in the late 19th century due to the completion of the railway line Nerekhta - Kostroma in 1887. As far back as 1907 the city inhabitants already addressed a petition to Tsar Nicholas II. Years later, in December 1927, the Kostroma people requested again to the country's main leaders for building a railway bridge.

In 1929, the first caisson was installed. And already in 1932, the bridge construction was completed. The estimated cost was more than 8 million rubles. 2000 people were involved in the construction process. The span structures of the bridge were manufactured at Dniepropetrovsk Steelwork Plant of the Stalmost Trust (now OJSC "Dnepropetrovsk Steelwork Plant" named after I.V.Babuskin).

Boat traffic

The bridge has two navigable spans: fifth from the right bank (its width is 147.5 metres (484 ft)) for vessels and rafts that go down the river, and sixth (165.7 metres (544 ft) wide) for vessels that go up the river. The height of navigable spans are 17.5 metres from the project level and 15.4 metres (51 ft) from the calculated level.

See also

• Nikolai Belelubsky
• Lavr Proskouriakov
• Northern Railway (Russia)

Sources

• The State Archive of Modern History of Kostroma region (PG 'GANIKO "), p. 3615, op. 3, d.797, l. 1.
• "Severnaya Pravda". March 1, 1932

External links

• Вехи. Имена. События Костромы и костромичей (in Russian)
• The history of JSC "Dniepropetrovsk Steelwork Plant them. IV Babushkin." (in Russian)