Obvodny Canal

Obvodny Canal

Origin	Neva ()
Mouth	Ekaterinhofka ()
Basin countries	Russia
Length	8.08 km

Obvodny Canal (Russian: Обводный канал, lit. Bypass Canal) is the longest canal in Saint Petersburg, Russia, which in the 19th century served as the southern limit of the city. It is 8 km long and flows from the Neva River near Alexander Nevsky Lavra to the Yekaterinhofka not far from the sea port. The canal was dug in 1769-1780 and 1805-1833. By the late 19th century with the Industrial Revolution it had effectively become a sewer collecting wastewater of adjacent industrial enterprises. Eventually the canal became shallow and now is not navigable anymore. The banks of the canal are lined with granite.

Water system of Ligovsky Canal

Legend

Dudergofskoye lake

Dudergofka River

1718-1721

To Moskovskoye s.

Three highways interchange

Ring Road To Bronka

Three highways interchange

Dachnaya street

Three highways interchange

Diameter To sea port terminal

To Predportovaya

To Ulyanka, Ligovo

To Predportovaya

To Leninsky Prospekt

To Predportovaya

To Leninsky Prospekt

To Konstitutsii square

Leninsky Pr. To Leninsky Metro

Krasnenkaya River

To Konstitutsii square

Krasnoputilovskaya To Avtovo

Moscow Gate Square

Moskovsky Prospekt

Tsarskoselskaya Railway

Kubinskaya Street

Obvodny Y. V. Aqueduct

Aviatorov Pound

Znamenskya Square

Nevsky Prospekt

Pounds

Fontanka River

Panteleymonovsky Aqueduct

Fountains of Summer garden

Pounds in Tauride garden

Steam pump

Water inlet

1720s

Neva River

Moyka River

External links

Obvodny Canal @ Encyclopaedia of Saint Petersburg

Pierre-Dominique Bazaine (1786 - 1838)

Construction	Demidov Bridge \| First Engineer Bridge \| Obvodny Canal \| Novo-kamenniy bridge · project in 1814, constructed in 1816 - 1821

Merit	The director of Institute of means of communication · Lieutenant General

Rivers and canals of Saint Petersburg

Admiralteysky Canal \| Admiralteysky Rov \| Bezymyanny ruchey \| Bobilka \| Bumazhny Canal \| Chyornaya, Lakhta \| Chyornaya, Serovo \| Chyornaya, Sestroretsk \| Chyornaya Rechka \| Dachnaya \| Dudergofka \| Dudergofsky Canal \| Yekateringofka \| Yemelyanovka \| Fontanka \| Frantsuzsky Kovsh \| Galernaya Gavan \| Gorely Ruchey \| Glukharka River \| Griboyedov Canal \| Ivanovka \| Izhora \| Bolshaya Izhorka \| Yuntolovka \| Kamenka \| Karpovka \| Kovsh Novoy Gollandii \| Krasnenkaya \| Kanal kreposti Sankt-Peterburg † \| Krestovka \| Kronverksky Canal \| Kronverksky Strait \| Kryukov Canal \| Lapka \| Lebyazhya kanavka \| Ligovsky Canal \| Ligovsky Pond \| Lubya \| Matisov Canal \| Moyka \| Monastyrka \| Morskoy Canal \| Murzinka \| Murinsky ruchey \| Neva \| Bolshaya Neva \| Malaya Neva \| Bolshaya Nevka \| Srednyaya Nevka \| Malaya Nevka \| Nagorny Canal \| Novaya \| Novo-Admiralteysky Canal \| Obvodny Canal \| Okkervil \| Okhta \| Pryazhka \| Salnobuyansky Canal \| Seldyanoy Canal † \| Sestra \| Shkipersky Canal \| Slavyanka \| Smolenka \| Spartak \| Starozhilovka \| Tarakanovka \| Utka \| Vvedensky Canal † \| Volkovka River \| Volkovsky Canal \| Voskresensky Canal \| Zhdanovka \| Winter Canal