Smolensky Metro Bridge

The first stage of Moscow Metro opened in 1935 terminated at a shallow alignment Smolenskaya station.

The second stage (opened in 1937) started with a 1.4 kilometer westward extension from Smolenskaya to Kiyevskaya, a station serving the Kiyevsky Rail Terminal, which required a river crossing.

Tunnel crossing was impractical; an open contest for the bridge design was held in spring 1935.

Above ground, track continues on concrete girders above embankments, so the bridge has a total of six spans: 19.225+20.5+19.225+150.0+19.225+19.225 meters.

[2] Regular train service was closed in 1953 when a parallel, deep alignment Metro line was built.