Probably few people know the history of the Kiev bridge. In the 1950s, the Kyiv neighborhood was one of

the peripheral, crowded and overlooked parts of the city.

it was cut off from the city road, public transport did not operate here, and to get there by car, you had to cover a long and uneven road.

The tragic collapse of the bridge took place on July 4, 1952, at 15:05 local time. During the implementation of resurfacing works on the bridge, the bridge arch unexpectedly collapsed, resulting in the death of 47 people. 22 workers and 25 sailors, many of them received physical injuries of various degrees. this event becomes one of the most tragic pages in the history of our capital

Immediately in September 1952, the construction of the bridge was resumed, and the end of 1953 was set for handover.

The construction works of the great Hrazdan bridge were completed in December 1955. The creation of the architect Grigpr Aghababyan was truly a masterpiece and in those years was considered one of the most impressive bridges in Europe, with a height of more than 60 meters and a length of 335 meters.

In order to check the strength and reliability of the bridge and to prevent the above-mentioned collapse again, trucks loaded with heavy stones were removed from the bridge, engineers measured the bending of the bridge under load.