In 1765, the pontoons were replaced with a floating bridge and was connected to the river abutments on piles.

[1] Between 1811 and 1813, Project Engineer Agustín de Betancourt replaced the floating bridge with a seven span wooden arch bridge on timber foundations with stone abutments.

[1] In 1859, Project Engineer Anton Shtukenberg [ru] conducted a complete reconstruction of the bridge.

Project architects P. A. Areshev and V. S. Vasilyev designed a new five span metal bridge including a central draw span to accommodate increased traffic and load weights.

The draw span was a twin-leaf rolling bascule system with fixed counterweights and was powered by an electromechanical drive.