The newly opened bridge and its western gatehouse tower seen from the riverbank
The western approach to the bridge with its pair of towers and a tram
A temporary pontoon bridge beside the wrecked spans and damaged tower of Poniatowski Bridge
Workers assembling a new steel arch during the reconstruction of the bridge
The rebuilt bridge seen from the Stadion Dziesięciolecia side, with pedestrians and a bus
The bridge during the high water of the Vistula in May 2010
The steel arches of the bridge from the western riverbank
Poniatowski Bridge, a steel-arch bridge over the Vistula with gatehouse towers designed by Stefan Szyller, opened in January 1914 as the continuation of Aleje Jerozolimskie. Russian troops blew it up in 1915 and it reopened only in the 1920s; in September 1944 German forces destroyed it again. The rebuilt bridge was reopened on 22 July 1946, and it still carries trams and road traffic to Praga, with the National Stadium on the eastern bank since 2011.