Struve Railroad Bridge Железнодорожный мост Струве | |
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![]() Kyiv Railway Bridge (1870) | |
Coordinates | 50°24′59″N 30°35′09″E / 50.4164°N 30.5858°E |
Crosses | Dnieper |
Locale | Kyiv, Russian Empire |
Official name | Railroad Bridge of Amand Struve |
Characteristics | |
Design | Truss bridge |
Total length | 1,068 metres (3,504 ft) |
Longest span | 89 metres (292 ft) |
History | |
Construction start | March 1868 |
Construction end | February 1870 |
Opened | February 17, 1870 |
Closed | June 1920 (destroyed) |
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The Struve Railroad Bridge (Russian: Железнодорожный мост Струве), was the first all-metal railroad bridge over the Dnieper that existed from 1855 to 1920 in Kyiv. The bridge was one of the longest in the empire, yielding in length only to the bridges in Syzran and Yekaterinoslav.