Zeleny Bridge

The Green Bridge in St. Petersburg spans the Moika River along the line of Nevsky Prospekt. Its stone piers, laid in 1806, are made of rubble masonry on pile grillages, and in 1842 engineer A. D. Gotman expanded the structure by extending the sidewalks onto metal consoles and replacing the granite obelisks with cast-iron lamp posts. In 1918, the bridge was renamed Narodny (People's Bridge), but on January 13, 1998, its historical name was restored. The lost hexagonal lanterns, installed in 1908 according to Lev Ilyin's design, were restored by architect A. L. Rotach in 1951, and in 1967 the gilding of decorative elements was renewed.