Stone Bridge, Riga Explained

Bridge Name:	Stone Bridge
Native Name:	Akmens tilts
Native Name Lang:	LV
Other Name:	Until 1992 October bridge
Crosses:	Daugava
Locale:	Riga, Latvia
Material:	steel
Length:	503 meters
Width:	27 meters
Begin:	1955
Open:	1957

Stone Bridge (Latvian: Akmens tilts) is a bridge in Riga. It was called the October Bridge (Oktobra tilts) until 1992.^[1]

Notes and References

1. News: Riga getting two 'new' bridges. August 20, 2014. Public Broadcasting of Latvia. October 9, 2014. while the Stone Bridge (Akmens tilts) was re-christened in 1992, changing its name from the October Bridge..