One of the most significant places of St. Petersburg, which is overgrown with legends due to its name. Even before the bridge in the first half of the XVIII century on this place was located the crossing of the River Moika, townspeople erected improvised.
In 1738 iz for devices on the Moika granite embankments wooden pedestrian drawbridge was built.
in 1768 the bridge was rebuilt in the travel, bridge design has been improved.
bridge named in 1788 by the name of a merchant guild 3 Nikifor Potselueva Vasilyevich, the owner of the tavern ” The Kiss “on the left bank of the river Moika.
at the beginning of the XIX century the bridge ceased to correspond to the increased traffic loads and heavily decayed. Therefore, in the years 1808-1816 it was rebuilt.
With the name of the bridge is connected to many legends, a different way to explaining its name. There is a myth that parted on this bridge will definitely meet again.