Kanavinsky Bridge (obsolete Kanavinsky Bridge) — the first of the permanent bridges over the The Oka River, located within Nizhny Novgorod. The bridge's original name was simply "Oksky".
It connects the upper, hill (nagornaya), part of the city with the lower, trans-river (zarechnaya) part. It is one of two bridges in Nizhny Novgorod that carries tram traffic.
Technical characteristics
The bridge is 795.5 meters long and 24 meters wide. The channel is spanned by six arched metal spans with a design span of 121.0 m. One of the piers stands on the northern part of Grebnevskiye Peski Island, which separates the Grebnevsky Canal (not to be confused with the "grebnoy", or rowing, canal) from the main channel of the Oka. On the southern part of the island stands a pier of the Metro Bridge.
Two Nizhny Novgorod tram tracks used to run across the bridge. Tram traffic is currently routed via the Molitovsky Bridge.
History
A pontoon bridge was used until the permanent bridge was built Built in 1930—1935. Traffic on the bridge opened in May 1933. The bridge was reconstructed in 1968—1972. Following a survey in the autumn of 1995, the bridge's overall technical condition was found to be unsatisfactory.
Between 1995 and 1996 a partial reconstruction of the bridge was carried out.