Iron and ferroconcrete bridges of Ukraine are the monuments of science and technology

Volodymyr Konstantinov

Abstract— In the article history of building of ferrous and ferro-concrete bridges on the territory of modern Ukraine in the second half of XIX – at the beginning of XXI centuies is shortly described. The more thoroughly history of building of similar types bridges in Kyiv, Dnipro, Zaporizhia, Chernihiv, Kamianets-Podilskyi, Sebastopol, on Zakarpattia, Volyn, and other cities and regions of the Ukraine is presented. Also interesting information about history of building of these bridges, about their creators, technical descriptions et cetera is pointed. The survivor and stored monuments of scientific and technical inheritance of the past testify to the high professional level of native bridge-building specialists, who made the real original creations of engineering idea and which became the monuments of science and technology, bright standards of monumental art. Nnecessity of introduction in Ukraine of the special tourist routes – “The Bridges in the City» – original chronicle of historical life of every city, by its sights of a building science and technology is marked on. The article will be useful all, who is interested in history of science and technology and monuments of the past.

Key words: ferrous bridges, ferro-concrete bridges, monuments of science and technology, tourist route