Bridge Name: | Gdańsk Bridge |
Native Name Lang: | pl |
Carries: | motor vehicles, trams |
Crosses: | Vistula River |
Locale: | Warsaw, Poland |
Spans: | 6 |
Length: | 406.5m (1,333.7feet) |
Width: | 17m (56feet) |
Open: | 31 July 1959 |
The Gdańsk Bridge (Polish: Most Gdański) is a six-span steel truss bridge, 406.5 m long and 17 m wide, across the Vistula in Warsaw, Poland.
It opened on 31 July 1959 after three years of construction. It has two decks: the upper deck carries a four-lane road with sidewalks, while the lower one has two tram tracks, a cycle lane and a footpath.
The bridge was built upon the supports of the Citadel Rail Bridge which had been destroyed during World War II.
In 1997-1998 the bridge underwent reconstruction. It was painted green and the lower level was fitted with colour bulbs for illumination at night.