page_title: Bolshoy Moskvoretsky Bridge
section_title: Bolshoy Moskvoretsky bridge (1937)
hierarchical_section_title: Bolshoy Moskvoretsky Bridge / Bolshoy Moskvoretsky bridge (1937)
caption_attribution_description: English: View to the Moscow Kremlin and river banks from Bolshoy Moskvoretsky Bridge Español: Vista panorámica desde el Puente Bolshoy Moskvoretsky sobre el río Moscova, con el Kremlin a la derecha. Moscú, Rusia. فارسی: نمایی از کرملین مسکو از روی پل رودخانه موسکورسکی Polski: Panorama Moskwy z&#160;Kremlem po&#160;prawej stronie widziana z&#160;Dużego Mostu Moskworeckiego (ros. Большой Москворецкий мост). Čeština: Panoramatický pohled z Velkého Moskvoříčního mostu s Kremlem na pravé straně. Magyar: A Moszkva folyó látképe a Bolsoj Moszkvoreckij hídról, jobb oldalon a Kreml (Moszkva, Oroszország) Македонски: Панорама на Големиот московорецки мост и Московскиот Кремљ. Nederlands: Blik op de Moskva met aan de rechterkant het Kremlin van Moskou Português: Panorâmica vista da Ponte Bolshoy Moskvoretsky sobre o rio Moscou, com o Kremlin à direita. Moscou, Rússia. Русский: Панорамный вид с Большого Москворецкого моста в Москве.
context_page_description: Bolshoy Moskvoretsky Bridge is a concrete arch bridge that spans the Moskva River in Moscow, Russia, immediately east of the Kremlin. The bridge connects Red Square with Bolshaya Ordynka Street in Zamoskvorechye. Built in 1936–1937, it was designed by V. S. Kirillov and Alexey Shchusev.
context_section_description: In 1935–1938, all the bridges in town centre Moscow were replaced with high capacity ones. Moskvoretsky Bridge was the first to be completed, and was the only concrete bridge of the 1930s. The bridge was placed at the narrowest point of the Moskva River, west of its predecessor; as a result, blocks of Zaryadye and Balchug were razed to make way for construction.
  The main arch of the current bridge consists of three concrete boxes, 92 metres (302 ft) long and 6.1 metres (20 ft) high. The two arches over the embankments are each 42.8 metres (140 ft) long. The bridge has a total width of 40 metres (130 ft) (8 lanes), and its total length with approach ramps is 554 metres (1,818 ft). Although it is a concrete structure, Alexey Shchusev finished the bridge in pink granite slabs to create the illusion that the bridge is actually built in stone.
  On 27 May 1987 German aviator Mathias Rust landed on the bridge.
  On 27 February 2015 opposition politician Boris Nemtsov was assassinated while crossing this bridge.
caption: View to Moscow river from Bolshoy Moskvoretsky Bridge
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