City bridge

The Pope John Paul II Bridge, also known as the City Bridge, is the only intra-city bridge for car and bus traffic over the Lusatian Neisse and at the same time a border crossing between the German Görlitz and the Polish neighboring town of Zgorzelec. The bridge connects the Görlitz city center at the city park with the Gründerzeit district of Zgorzelec.
The bridge was opened in 1875 as a stone arch bridge under the name Reichenberger Bridge at a former ford across the Neisse. At that time, it was the only crossing of the Neisse in the city besides the Old Town Bridge. The Reichenberger Bridge was intended to relieve the Old Town Bridge from increasing traffic and promote the development of the East City. Since December 1897, the Görlitz tram also crossed the bridge on its route from the district station on Rauschwalder Straße to the Gasthof Stadt Prag in the East City. Three more years later, the tram continued to operate to the still independent locality of Moys.

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