Tripartite Bridge

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Tripartite Bridge, also known as the Three-Arched Bridge, is a pair of small bridges in St. Petersburg placed perpendicularly to each other in front of the Church of the Savior on Blood. They span the Griboyedov Canal (Theatre Bridge, 15 meters) and the Moika River (Malo-Konyushennyi Bridge, 18 meters), sharing a single Moika pier. Lipkin Bridge is sometimes counted with them.

The bridges were first built in wood during the reign of Empress Anne. About a century later, architect Carlo Rossi joined the two bridges into a single Neoclassical composition facing the Mikhailovsky Palace. From 1829 to 1831, the bridges were rebuilt and given identical lamp posts and iron fences with decorations such as palmettes, spears, and gorgons.

They have been repaired in 1936, 1953, and 1999, and remain in good condition and open to road and foot traffic.