Bolshoy Obukhovsky Bridge

59°51′13″N 30°29′34″E / 59.853609°N 30.492906°E / 59.853609; 30.492906

Bolshoi Obukhovsky Bridge Большо́й Обу́ховский мост
Bolshoi Obukhovsky Bridge
Coordinates	59°51′14.7″N 30°29′32.65″E / 59.854083°N 30.4924028°E / 59.854083; 30.4924028
Carries	Saint Petersburg Ring Road (4 lanes each bridge, 8 lanes total)
Crosses	Neva River
Locale	Saint Petersburg
Characteristics
Design	Cable-stayed bridge
Total length	2,824 metres (9,265 ft)
Width	25 metres (82 ft) each bridge
Height	120.5 metres (395 ft)
Longest span	382 metres (1,253 ft)
Clearance below	30 metres (98 ft)
History
Opened	15 December 2004; 19 October 2007 (twin bridge)
Location

The Great Obukhovo Bridge (Russian: Большо́й Обу́ховский мост, Bolshoy Obukhovsky most) is the newest (not taking into account the Blagoveshchensky Bridge rebuilt in 2007) bridge across the Neva River in Saint Petersburg, Russia. It is the only bridge across the Neva which is not a drawbridge. One of the longest bridges in Russia, it is the first fixed bridge and largest bridge across the Neva. Of course it is the largest bridge in St. Petersburg by the size of the covered span (382 m).^[1] It is located in Nevsky District, in the middle stream of the Neva. It connects Obukhovskaya Oborony Avenue with the Oktyabrskaya embankment. It is a cable-stayed bridge; the steel wire ropes are the key element of the supporting construction. But what looks like a bridge is actually two identical twin bridges with opposite directions of movement along them. One is located upstream of the Neva (southern) and is for driving eastward, the other downstream (north) is for driving in a western direction.