The Olgin Bridge connected the two banks of the Terek River in the center of Vladikavkaz. It was designed and built in England in 1860 at the request of the city authorities, delivered to Vladikavkaz, installed, and ceremoniously opened on November 22, 1863.
The bridge’s railing was adorned with the initials of Mikhail Nikolayevich Romanov (MN – Mikhail Nikolayevich Romanov, Grand Duke, Governor of the Caucasus).
Originally, the bridge was named Olgin in honor of Olga Fedorovna, the wife of Grand Duke Mikhail Nikolayevich.
The length of the bridge was 104 meters, and the width was 6.5 meters.
In 1902, Belgian and German engineers arrived in Vladikavkaz and began laying tram tracks on the Olgin Bridge.
Tram traffic across the bridge was opened in 1904.
On July 11, 1955, at a City Council meeting, a decision was made to dismantle the cast-iron bridge and build a new one in its place, which appeared on the site of the Olgin Bridge in 1958.