Grunwald Bridge ( pl, Most Grunwaldzki) is a suspension bridge over the river Oder in

Wrocław Wrocław (; german: Breslau, or . ; Silesian German: ''Brassel'') is a city in southwestern Poland and the largest city in the historical region of Silesia. It lies on the banks of the River Oder in the Silesian Lowlands of Central Europe, rou ...

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, built between 1908 and 1910. 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. The bridge opened on 10 October 1910 in the presence of

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Statek pazerski pod Mostem Grunwaldzkim we Wrocławiu

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. It was constructed of

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n granite. The bridge was damaged during

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but by September 1947 it was repaired and reopened. Presently, the national road 98 and a

tram A tram (called a streetcar or trolley in North America) is a rail vehicle that travels on tramway tracks on public urban streets; some include segments on segregated right-of-way. The tramlines or networks operated as public transport are ...

line runs across the bridge.

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