Our Museum fully funded and finished the restoration of a late-nineteenth-century footbridge over the Vittolovo Canal in the Alexander Park. Like the Chapelle pavilion nearby, the metal bridge was designed by architect Adam Menelaws.

Initially made of wood in 1824, the bridge was replaced by the metal one in the early 1900s. The single-span bridge is supported with six parallel metal arches. The railing consists of eight cast-iron posts and six wrought metal sections with vegetal ornaments.

The bridge survived the Second World War but stood in disrepair for years. Some parts of the cladding, railings and decorative elements were lost. The cast-iron posts had numerous deep cracks and biodamages.

The restoration took almost two years, with seventeen kinds of repair work done by the Specialist restoration company.

The Vittolovo Canal Footbridge is one of a dozen bridges and weirs restored at Tsarskoe Selo over the past seven years. Those include: the Marble Bridge and the Weir Footbridge near the Admiralty in the Catherine Park; the Greater and Smaller Lamsky Bridges and the Vittolovo Canal Stone Bridge on Lilac Alley in the Alexander Park.