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The Gdański Bridge (Polish: Most Gdański) is a six-span steel truss bridge, 406.5 m long and 17 m wide, across the Vistula in Warsaw, Poland. It opened on 31 July 1959 after three years of construction. It has two decks: the upper deck carries a four-lane road with sidewalks, while the lower one has two tram tracks, a cycle lane and a footpath. The bridge was built upon the supports of the Citadel Rail Bridge which had been destroyed during World War II. In 1997-1998 the bridge underwent reconstruction. It was painted green and the lower level was fitted with colour bulbs for illumination at night.

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Gdański Bridge
Wybrzeże Helskie, Warsaw Praga-Północ (Warsaw)

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00-221 Warsaw, Praga-Północ (Warsaw)
Masovian Voivodeship, Poland
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