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It is located in Moscow itself and in the Moscow Oblast. The canal connects to the Moskva River in Tushino (an area in the north-west of Moscow), from which it runs approximately north to meet the Volga River in the town of Dubna, just upstream of the dam of the Ivankovo Reservoir. The length of the canal is 128.1 kilometres (79.6 mi).
Vodootvodny Canal (Russian: Водоотводный канал, "water bypass canal") is a 4 kilometre long, 30-60 metre wide canal in downtown Moscow, Russia. It was built in the 1780s on the old riverbed of the Moskva River to control floods and support shipping.
Balchug is one of the oldest Moscow streets outside of the Kremlin walls. It emerged towards the end of the 14th century, when the new Kremlin built by Dmitri Donskoi pushed the posad settlement into what is known today as the Red Square as well as areas further east. The main trading road to the south and the river crossing also moved to the ...
Ladoga Canal: Лaдожский канал (Ladozhskiy kanal) 117km Ligovsky Canal: Лиговский канал (Ligovskiy kanal) 23km Manych Ship Canal: Манычский судоходный канал (Manychskiy Sudohodniy kanal) Moscow Canal: Канал имени Москвы (Kanal imeni Moskvy) 128.1km Nevinnomyssk Canal
The Moscow canal (an additional barrier to the enemy) was visible from the height. Just below the height, along the eastern bank of the canal were seen the highway to Dmitrov, the railroad, then the road bridge over the canal, and on the opposite bank — the town of Yakhroma, an important defense center.
Canals, built within Moscow city limits, have created a number of islands. Some of them have names in Russian, some have none. Major, permanent islands (west to east) are: One of the most famous is an unnamed artificial island in the center of the city between the river proper and the Bypass Canal [15] Serebryany Bor (park). Separated from the ...
In the 19th century the eastern end of Vodootvodny Canal was closed by a dam with locks, located about 150 meters west (upstream) from the tip of Balchug island. In 1930s, this dam was demolished as part of Moscow Canal project and replaced with a temporary bridge for trams and automobiles.
Bridges in Moscow This is a partial list of bridges of Moscow , Russia , including existing rail, road and foot bridges over Moskva River , Moscow Canal , Vodootvodny Canal within the MKAD beltway limits and the bridges over Yauza River downstream from Rostokino .