Saint Petersburg TV Tower

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Saint Petersburg TV Tower as seen from Ushakovskaya Embankment

The Saint Petersburg TV Tower is a 310 metre high lattice steel tower in Saint Petersburg, Russia. It was built in 1962 and was the first TV tower in the Soviet Union. It is used for FM- and TV-broadcasting.

The Saint Petersburg TV Tower features an observation platform at a height of 191 m. The tower is located at 3 Ulitsa Akademika Pavlova. The nearest metro station is Petrogradskaya.

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Saint Petersburg TV Tower in the Structurae database

Coordinates: 59°58′36″N, 30°19′15″E

v • d • e Supertall structures (at least 300 meters in height - Other proposed structures)

Antennas:	Arfon Mast • Atlanta Turner Broadcasting Tower • Belmont Mast • Bilsdale Mast • Black Hill Mast • Borj-e Milad • Caldbeck Mast • Caldbeck Mast (original) • Central TV Tower • CN Tower • Durris Mast • Eiffel Tower • Emley Moor Tower • Europaturm • Fernsehturm • Gerbrandy Tower • Guangzhou TV & Sightseeing Tower (under construction) • Heifei Emerald TV Tower (under construction) • Høiåsmasten • Indosiar Television Tower • Jakarta TV Tower (under construction) • KCTV-Tower • Kuala Lumpur Tower • KXJB-TV mast • KVLY-TV mast • Liberation Tower • Lichfield Mast • Longwave radio mast Hellissandur • Macau Tower • Mendip Mast • Mendlesham Mast • Odessa TV Tower (under construction) • Oriental Pearl Tower • Skelton Mast • Sky Tower • Strabane Mast • Stratosphere Las Vegas • Sydney Tower • Tallinn TV Tower • Tashkent Tower • Tianjin Radio and Television Tower • Tokyo Sky Tree (proposed) • Tokyo Tower • Torrena (under construction) • Torreta de Guardamar • VLF transmitter Lualualei • Vilnius TV Tower• Waltham Mast • Warsaw radio mast (collapsed) • Winter Hill Mast • WITI TV Tower • WHDH-TV Tower • WSB TV Tower • Yerevan TV Tower • Zendstation Smilde

Bridges:	Millau Viaduct • Sutong Bridge

Dams:	Rogun Dam (construction) • Nurek Dam • Jinping 1 Hydropower Station (construction)

Electricity pylons:	Yangtze River Crossing

Oil platforms:	Petronius Platform • Baldpate Platform • Bullwinkle Platform • Troll Platform • Gullfaks C