Iron Bridge, Riga

Iron Bridge seen from Pārdaugava as it looked like in the very early 20th century.

The Iron Bridge (Latvian: Dzelzs tilts) or Semigallia Bridge (Zemgales tilts) was a bridge that crossed the Daugava river in Riga, the capital of Latvia. The bridge was bombarded twice, during World War I and World War II, but was not rebuilt after the last war and only remains of the bride pillars now stands where the bridge used to cross the river.^[1]

References

↑ Gunta Vilka. "Latvijas Dzelzceļa Vēstures Muzejs" (PDF) (in Latvian). University of Latvia. Retrieved 2009-07-23.

Riga cityscape

Old Town	Castle Cat House Convent Yard House of the Blackheads House of the Livonian Noble Corporation Large Guild Powder Tower Small Guild Swedish Gate Three Brothers

Hotels	Grand Palace Radisson Blu Daugava Gallery Park

Monuments & memorials	Brothers' Cemetery Bikernieki Memorial Freedom Monument Great Cemetery Pokrov Cemetery Victory Memorial to Soviet Army

Parks & gardens	Vērmanes Garden

Museums & galleries	Museum of the History of Riga and Navigation National Museum of Art Museum of the Occupation of Latvia Latvian Ethnographic Open Air Museum War Museum Museum of Foreign Art Museum of National History

Theatres	Latvian National Opera Latvian National Theatre Palladium Riga New Riga Theatre

Places of worship	Nativity Cathedral Cathedral St. Peter's Church St. James's Cathedral

Bridges	Island Bridge Railway Bridge Southern Bridge Stone Bridge Vanšu Bridge

Structures	Radio and TV Tower

Other	National Library of Latvia Central Market Latvian Academy of Sciences Zoo

Waterways	Daugava River

Streets	Albert Street

Coordinates: 56°56′32″N 24°06′23″E / 56.9422°N 24.1064°E / 56.9422; 24.1064

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