Bridge Name: | Railway Bridge |
Native Name: | Dzelzceļa tilts |
Native Name Lang: | LV |
Crosses: | Daugava |
Locale: | Riga, Latvia |
Begin: | 1909 |
Inaugurated: | 1914 (rebuilt in 1918 and 1955) |
The Railway Bridge (lv|Dzelzceļa tilts) is a bridge that crosses the Daugava river in Riga, the capital of Latvia.
The first iron railway bridge in Riga, over 600 ftm long, was erected in 1871–1872[1] for the Riga–Jelgava Railway.
The new bridge was inaugurated 1914, shelled twice, during World War I in 1917 and World War II in 1944, and was rebuilt both times.[2] The bridge is nowadays the only railway bridge in Riga.
The bridge will be duplicated as part of the new Rail Baltica line through Riga.