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Bridge of Four Lions ( over the Griboedov Canal in St Petersburg , connecting L'vinyi Drive to Malaya Podyacheskaya Street. Its abutments are crowned with four Cast-iron sculptures of Lion s, which give the bridge its name. The structure, suspended by Cable s emerging from the mouths of lions, was constructed in 1825 to a design by two well-established bridge builders, Wilhelm von Traitteur and Basil Christianowicz.