Balkansky Bridge
River Barrier: The Volkovka River
Year of creation: 2011
Bridge width: 12,9 m
Engineers: Standart LLC
Overall length: 33,85 m
Characteristics
The Balkansky (Balkan) Bridge spans the Volkovka River on the line of Oleko Dundich Street in the historic area Kupchino in Frunzensky District of St. Petersburg.
It is a single-span reinforced concrete bridge. The bridge is 33.85 meters long and 12.9 meters wide.
History
The bridge was built in 2011 as part of a project to develop the area around the Balkania Nova shopping mall. It acquired its name from Balkanskaya Street and Balkanskaya Square next to which it is situated.
More to know
On April 11, 2003, a monument to the good soldier Švejk, the main character of Jaroslav Hašek’s novel, was installed on Balkanskaya Square, just a step away from the bridge.