Panemunė Bridge
The Panemunė Bridge ( lit.Panemunės tiltas ) is a bridge over the Nemunas River in Kaunas , Lithuania . It connects the districts of Žemieji Šančiai and Panemunė . The bridge is 208 meters long and has two lanes of traffic. 1200 cars cross the bridge every hour.
history
In 1812 the French army under Napoleon I built three pontoon bridges in the upper part of the Jiesia , which were protected by 68 cannons. The Imperial Russian Army built each year in the lower part of the railway tunnel Kaunas (now Švenčionių -Straße) a pontoon bridge.
In 1916 the German army set up the first wooden bridge between Panemunė and Šančiai. In 1927 the construction of a new bridge in the upper part began (50 m from the old bridge). In 1941 the Soviet Army bombed the bridge. In 1954 the Soviet organization “Mostopojezd 446” began the reconstruction work. In 1957 the bridge was built.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Lietuvos žinios , 1928 m. balandžio 2 d.
Coordinates: 54 ° 51 '48 " N , 23 ° 57' 11.4" E