Palace Bridge in Saint Petersburg not to be drawn for 2-3 days

Today, Feb.3 the dismantling of anchor generator of Palace Bridge across the Neva River was launched (St. Petersburg). It ensures the operation of the drawing mechanism. The device with 300 kg weight will be fully dismantled in 2 days. Then it will be sent to the reconstruction to the factory Petersburg Energy, a daily online magazine Fontanka reports. Repair is about to last one month, than it will be back to its place.

Alexander Belov, chief engineer of Mostotrest SUE said, bridge will not stay fixed for a long time. "If it is necessary in 2-3 days we can run the stand-by generator and raise the bridge, for example, for ice-breaker passage or in other emergent cases" he stressed.