Baratashvili Bridge: Difference between revisions

|bridge_namename= Baratshvili Bridge<br>ბარათაშვილის ხიდი

|caption= View of Baratashvili Bridge over [[Kura (Caspian Sea)|Kura River]] with [[Presidential Administration of Georgia|President's Office]] on the right

|crosses= [[Kura (Caspian Sea)|Kura River]] (Mtkvari)

'''Baratashvili Bridge''' ({{lang-ka|ბარათაშვილის ხიდი}}, ''baratashvilis khidi'') is a traffic and [[pedestrian bridge]] over the [[Kura (Caspian Sea)|Kura River]] in [[Tbilisi]], capital of [[Georgia (country)|Georgia]]. It was built in 1966 insteadin place of the previously dismantled [[Mukhrani]] Bridge honoring Princess [[Mukhrani dynasty|Mukhrani]].<ref name=Travel>{{cite web |url=http://tbilisiguide.ge/w/routes/route5.php |title=Tbilisi Travel Guide. Tourist Routes |accessdate=2011-05-18}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://wikimapia.org/1810785/ru/%D0%9C%D0%BE%D1%81%D1%82-%D0%91%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B0%D1%82%D0%B0%D1%88%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%BB%D0%B8-%D0%BE%D0%BD-%D0%B6%D0%B5-%D0%9C%D1%83%D1%85%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B8%D0%B9 |title=Мост Бараташвили (он же Мухранский) (Тбилиси) |trans_titletrans-title=Baratashvili (aka Mukhrani) Bridge (Tbilisi) |accessdate=2011-05-18}}</ref>

The bridge, located in Mtasminda district of the city,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://travelgeorgia.ru/163/ |title=Район Мтацминда |trans_titletrans-title=Mtatsminda district |accessdate=2011-05-18}}</ref> is often referred to as ''Bridge of Love'', in reference to its current name given in honor of Georgian romanticism poet [[Nikoloz Baratashvili]]. The railings of the bridge have been decorated with bronze figures of couples in love.<ref name=Travel/><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.layman.ru/photo/travel/po_tu_storonu_hrebta/Tbilisi/Most_Baratashvili.html |title=Мост Бараташвили |trans_titletrans-title=Baratashvili Bridge |accessdate=2011-05-18 |archive-date=2012-03-24 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120324060740/http://www.layman.ru/photo/travel/po_tu_storonu_hrebta/Tbilisi/Most_Baratashvili.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> The bridge stretches over KuraMtkvari River in parallel to the picturesque [[The Bridge of Peace (Georgia)|Bridge of Peace]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.worldarchitecturenews.com/index.php?fuseaction=wanappln.projectview&upload_id=14224 |title=World Architecture. Peace Offering |accessdate=2011-05-18}}</ref> and extends to [[Tbilisi Airport]] through a recently rennovatedrenovated highway.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.president.gov.ge/index.php?lang_id=ENG&sec_id=226&info_id=4694 |title=President Saakashvili attends road rehabilitation works at Baratashvili Bridge |publisher=[[Presidential Administration of Georgia|Office of the President of Georgia]] |accessdate=2011-05-18 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110722144354/http://www.president.gov.ge/index.php?lang_id=ENG&sec_id=226&info_id=4694 |archive-date=2011-07-22 |url-status=dead }}</ref> The bridge and the highway were rennovatedrenovated by ''[[Khidmsheni'']] construction company.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.khidmsheni.ge/en/ |title=Khidmsheni. About us |accessdate=2011-05-18}}</ref>

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