Paton Bridge is one of the bridges across the Dnipro in Kyiv, Ukraine named after its constructor Evgeny Paton. Built between 1941 and 1953, it is one of the world's first all-welded bridge and is also the longest bridge in Kyiv having a length of 1,543 metres (5,062 ft). Traffic across the bridge was opened on 5 November 1953. The bridge also acts as a segment of the Lesser Ring Road of Kyiv.
Paton Bridge
View of the Paton Bridge and the left-bank neighborhoods of the city.
Professor Yevhen Oksarovych Paton, also known as Evgeny Oskarovich Paton, was a Ukrainian engineer of the Russian Empire and Soviet Union who established in 1934 the E. O. Paton Electric Welding Institute in Kyiv. Paton was a people's deputy of the Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union (1946–1953). He was the father of Borys Paton.
Evgeny O. Paton — professor at Kyiv Polytechnic Institute, 1910s
Paton Bridge, a fully welded steel construction in Kyiv in 1953 developed by Evgeny Paton.