Merefa-Kherson bridge
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The Merefa-Kherson bridge (Ukrainian: Мерефо-Херсонський міст, Russian: Мерефо-Херсонский мост) is a 1,600 m (5,249.3 ft) single track railway bridge crossing the Dnieper in Dnipro and part of the railway line between cities of Merefa and Kherson.[1]
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Merefa-Kherson bridge | |
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Coordinates | 48.4674°N 35.0827°E / 48.4674; 35.0827 |
Carried | Merefa-Kherson railway line |
Crossed | Dnieper river |
Official name | Мерефо-Херсонський міст |
Characteristics | |
Material | Steel and reinforced concrete |
Total length | 1,627 metres (5,338 ft) |
Longest span | 2 × 109 metres (358 ft) |
History | |
Construction start | 1912 |
Construction end | 1932, 1951 |
Opened | 1932, 21 December |
Collapsed | 1914, 1940, 1944 (destroyed by troops) |
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The second oldest bridge in the city, and the first railway-arch bridge in the Soviet Union, at the time of its construction it was the longest reinforced concrete arched bridge in Europe.[2]
It crosses from the right bank of the Dnieper, over the "Bishop's Channel" ("Архієрейська протока") and Monastyrskyi Island, continuing over the main body of the river to its left bank.