Bridge Name: | Grunwald Bridge |
Native Name: | Most Grunwaldzki |
Native Name Lang: | pl |
Crosses: | Oder |
Preceded: | Zwierzyniecka Bridge |
Followed: | Peace Bridge |
Locale: | Śródmieście, Wrocław, Stare Miasto, Wrocław |
Design: | Suspension bridge |
Length: | 112.51NaN1 |
Width: | 181NaN1 |
Life: | Reconstructed in 1945–1947, 2005 |
Grunwald Bridge (pl|Most Grunwaldzki) is a suspension bridge over the river Oder in Wrocław, Poland, built between 1908 and 1910.[1] Initially the bridge was called the Imperial Bridge (Kaiserbrücke), then the Bridge of Freedom (Freiheitsbrücke). The architectural design of the bridge was by a city councilor, Richard Plüddemann.[2] The bridge opened on 10 October 1910 in the presence of Emperor Wilhelm II.[3] It is one of the longest bridges of its kind in Poland, being 112.5 meters long, 18 meters wide, and weighing 2.3 thousand tons.[4] It was constructed of Silesian granite.
The bridge was repaired and reopened in September 1947 after being damaged during World War II. Currently, a streetcar line runs across the bridge.