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Stone Island Bridge
Architect Alexander Vist built Stone Island Pontoon Bridge across the River Malaya Nevka, joining Apothecary and Stone Islands (1760). Engineer Agustín de Bétancourt built Russia’s first wooden seven-span arched bridge in its place (1812–13).
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