Dry Bridge ( Georgian მშრალი ხიდი ) - a bridge in Tbilisi over the former sleeve of the Kura River , now filled up and turned into part of Zviad Gamsakhurdia Street . Along with the Saarbrücken bridge, it is part of the bridge overpass over Kura and the adjacent streets leading from Mtatsminda district (Khidi Street goes onto the bridge) to Chugureti district, to Saarbrücken Square .
| Dry bridge | |
|---|---|
 cargo. მშრალი ხიდი | |
| Application area | car, pedestrian |
| Crosses | Zviada Gamsakhurdia street |
| Location | Tbilisi |
| Design | |
| Type of construction | arched |
| Main span | 32 m |
| Exploitation | |
| Start of construction | 1848 |
| Opening | 1851 |
Near the bridge is the flea market of the same name. Sight of Tbilisi .
Title
Initially, the bridge was called Small Mikhailovsky (since it was a continuation of the Big Mikhailovsky bridge ) or Vorontsovsky (named after the Caucasian governor M.S. Vorontsov ). At the beginning of the XX century it bore the name of Nikolaev . In Soviet times, it was called the Small Bridge of Karl Marx . In 1933, the river channel under the bridge was drained and a street was laid along the former channel, after which the bridge was called Sukhoi [1] .
History
Built in 1848 - 1851 designed by Italian architect J. Skuderi . The small bridge led to Madatovsky Island (the island was originally the property of the princes Orbeliani , from whom in the middle of the 19th century this island was bought on the river by the prince, lieutenant general of the Russian army, the hero of the war of 1812 and the war in the Caucasus, Valerian Grigorievich Madatov , since then, Tbilisi called it “Madatovsky Island”, and the Small Bridge - “Madatovsky Bridge” [2] ). This bridge was a continuation of the "Big Mikhailovsky bridge" across the Kura. On February 25, 1883, the first Konka route in the city passed through the bridge.
In 1933, the river channel under the bridge was drained and a street was laid along the former channel. In 1962, the bridge was overhauled according to the project of engineer G. Kartsivadze and architects Sh. D. Kavlashvili , V. K. Kurtishvili and G. V. Melkadze [3] [4] . In the late 1980s and early 1990s, a flea market appeared at the bridge [1] .
Design
Single span arched bridge. The span is covered by a 32-meter box arch (hinged arch). Sidewalks are taken out on steel consoles. The bridge is built of flat Georgian brick, the archivolts of the arch are faced with stone [5] . The bridge is designed for traffic and pedestrians. Sidewalks are separated from the roadway by a reinforced concrete curb. The metal guardrail ends on the foundations with a stone parapet.
Notes
- ↑ 1 2 Kama Rzayev. Dry bridge from Tbilisi to the past . GeorgiaTimes.info (August 3, 2012). Date of treatment May 22, 2016.
- ↑ Sputnik. Tiflis Sands: the works of Fuchsas and the unrealized project . sputnik-georgia.ru. Date of treatment February 4, 2019.
- ↑ Punin A. L. Architecture of Russian bridges. - L .: Stroyizdat, 1982. - S. 37 .-- 152 p.
- ↑ Tbilisi Architectural Ensemble of Bridges, 1975 , p. 72.
- ↑ Tbilisi Architectural Ensemble of Bridges, 1975 , p. 65.
Literature
- Architecture of Tbilisi / Kvirkvelia T.R. - M .: Stroyizdat, 1984. - 311 p. - 17,500 copies.
- Punin A. L. The architectural ensemble of bridges in Tbilisi // Collection of works of the LISI "Study of the efficiency and durability of bridge structures." - L. , 1975. - No. 96 . - S. 63-68 .
- Mikhailovsky bridge in Tiflis // Caucasian calendar. - 1857. - S. 511-512 .
- Nikolai L.F. Brief historical data on the development of bridge business in Russia . - SPb. , 1898. - S. 81-82. - 119 p.
- Maslakovets K. Mikhailovsky bridge on the Kura River in Tiflis // Journal of the Main Directorate of Railways and Public Buildings. - SPb. , 1862. - January and February ( No. 1 ). - S. 1-16 .