Alexander Nevsky Bridge

The Alexander Nevsky Bridge (Russian: Мост Александра Невского, Most Aleksandra Nevskogo) is the longest bridge across the Neva River in Saint Petersburg, Russia. It is named after the legendary Russian military commander and politician Alexander Nevsky. The bridge connects Alexander Nevsky Square and Zanevsky prospect. There are seven bridge spans, the central span can be drawn in two minutes. The bridge's length is 905.7 meters, and it is 35 meters wide. The bridge was built from 1960 to 1965 under the working name of Old Neva Bridge (Russian: Старо-Невский мост). The testing was done by means of the column of army tanks. On November 5, 1965 the bridge was open for traffic. River Neva (Нева́) is a 74 km long Russian river flowing from the Lake Ladoga (Ладожское Озеро - Ladozhskoye Ozero) through the Carelian Isthmus (Карельский &#1055... Saint Petersburg (Russian: Санкт-Петербу́рг, English transliteration: Sankt-Peterburg), colloquially known as Питер (transliterated Piter), formerly known as Leningrad (Ленингра́д, 1924–1991) and... Statue in Pereslavl, just in front of the cathedral Alexander was baptised in. ... Year 1960 (MCMLX) was a leap year starting on Friday (the link is to a full 1960 calendar). ... 1965 (MCMLXV) was a common year starting on Friday (the link is to a full 1965 calendar). ... November 5 is the 309th day of the year (310th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 56 days remaining. ...

Coordinates: 59°55′32″N, 30°23′43″E Map of Earth showing lines of latitude (horizontally) and longitude (vertically), Eckert VI projection; large version (pdf, 1. ...