Green Bridge, Steel road bridge in central Vilnius, Lithuania
Green Bridge is a steel road bridge in central Vilnius that stretches 102.9 meters across the Neris River with a width of 24 meters. It connects the city center to the Šnipiškės district on the opposite bank and serves as a major transportation route through the city.
The original structure was built in 1536 and included apartments for toll collectors who collected fees for crossing. Grand Duke Sigismund the Old granted it special privileges to prevent construction of competing bridges across the river.
The bridge's name comes from 1739, when its wooden predecessor was painted green, a designation that has remained through various reconstructions over centuries. This simple color choice became permanent even as the structure changed from wood to steel.
The bridge is accessible to vehicles, bicycles, and pedestrians at all hours and connects the two banks directly with continuous traffic flow. No special restrictions or access conditions apply to crossing between the city center and Šnipiškės.
In 1673, Italian architect Giovanni Battista Frediani attempted to build a revolutionary single-arch wooden bridge with a 73-meter span, an ambitious project for its time. The structure collapsed shortly after completion, revealing the limits of construction methods available then.
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