Kantemirovskaya Street (Saint Petersburg)
Aerial view from Kantemirovsky bridge | |
| Native name | Кантемировская улица (Russian) |
|---|---|
| Former name(s) | Flugov lane, Kosygin street |
| Namesake | Kantemirovka |
| Location | Vyborgskiy district, partly Primorskiy district of Saint Petersburg, Saint Petersburg, Russia |
| Postal code | 194100 |
| Nearest Saint Petersburg Metro station | Lesnaya |
| Coordinates | 59°59′6″N 30°20′31″E / 59.98500°N 30.34194°E |
| Other | |
| Status | regional significance |
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Kantemirovskaya street (Kantemirovskaya ulitsa, Russian: Кантемировская улица) is a motor road of regional significance in Sampsonievskoye municipal okrug in Vyborgskiy district and partly in Primorskiy district of Saint Petersburg, Russia. It became rather important for the city's north and east and busy with traffic after its 1980s reconstruction and completion of Kantemirovsky bridge as a transit link between Vyborg Side (Vyborgskiy, Kalininskiy and Primorskiy districts) and Petrograd Side. The street got its current name in honour of the 1942 Soviet victory in the battle of Kantemirovka town in Voronezh Oblast province in southern Russia.