In 1935–1938, all the bridges in town centre Moscow were replaced with high capacity ones. Moskvoretsky Bridge was the first to be completed, and was the only concrete bridge of the 1930s. The bridge was placed at the narrowest point of the Moskva River, west of its predecessor; as a result, blocks of Zaryadye and Balchug were razed to make way for construction.Коллега А. В. Щусева – Патвакан Маркарович Сардарьян, см.: Правда: газета. – № 273. – 3 октября 1937; а также в кн.: История Москвы. Т. 6 // Ин-т истории (АН СССР). – М.: Изд-во АН СССР, 1959. – С. 110.
