The Reconstruction of Moscow

In the course of the next ten years s 1 1 new bridges will be built at a height of 8.6 metres above the water level; three bridges will be reconstructed and raised to the same elevation. This height will allow big Volga ships to pass freely under these bridges along the Moscow River, which, beyond the Babyegorod Dam will be raised 3 metres, making it 120 metres above sea level. Four viaducts will be built, of which the Krestovsky Viaduct will be completed by 1938. The capacity of the Moscow water-supply system be- fore the Revolution was 27,000,000 Imperial gallons of water daily. By the end of 1935 the capacity of the water supply system was 150,000,000 gallons daily, i.e., it in- creased five and a half times since the Revolution. According to the decision of ,the Council of People's Commissars and the Central Committee of the C.P.S.U.

Grandstand on the Moscow River Embankment (Gorky Park of Culture and Rest)