Island Bridge, Riga

Island Bridge
Salu tilts
Coordinates 56°56′04″N 24°07′23″E / 56.934444°N 24.123056°E / 56.934444; 24.123056Coordinates: 56°56′04″N 24°07′23″E / 56.934444°N 24.123056°E / 56.934444; 24.123056
Crosses Daugava
Locale Riga, Latvia
Other name(s) Until 1991 Moscow bridge[1]
Characteristics
Material steel, concrete
Total length 3500 meters
Width 24 meters
Longest span 1795 meters
No. of spans 2
History
Inaugurated 1976

The Island Bridge (Latvian: Salu tilts) is a bridge that crosses the Daugava river in Riga, the capital of Latvia. The bridge was built in the period from 1975 to 1977.[2] It was called the Moscow Bridge (Maskavas tilts) until 1991.[1] The bridge provides access to Zaķusala (Hare Island) and Lucavsala.

On June 26, 2018 second phase of the bridge's reconstruction costing 19.6 million euros was initiated.[3]

References

  1. 1 2 "Riga getting two 'new' bridges". Public Broadcasting of Latvia. August 20, 2014. Retrieved October 9, 2014. Island Bridge (Salu tilts) was assigned a formal name in 1991 (it was formerly known as the Moscow Bridge)
  2. ↑ "Project of the Bridge". dienvidutilts.lv. Archived from the original on 2007-09-15. Retrieved 2009-07-23.
  3. ↑ "Island Bridge reconstruction enters second phase; traffic restrictions planned". Baltic News Network. August 11, 2018. Retrieved October 9, 2014.


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