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Former Bishop Bridge

Podul Andrei Saguna
Former Bishop Bridge
Podul Andrei Saguna
Podul Mitropolit Andrei Șaguna din Timișoara pe 5 ianuarie 2016 (2)
Dan Mihai Pitea, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Original function:
bridge
Current function:
bridge
Settlement:
Temesvár, Timișoara
Address:
Bulevardul Mihai Viteazu
Historical Hungarian county:
Temes
Country:
Romania
GPS coordinates:
45.748679736, 21.2256424458
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History

The bridge was built between 1912 and 1913 by the Budapest architect Gerster Kálmán, rebuilding an earlier bridge over the Béga Canal. The bridge was originally planned to be decorated with statues of four bishops of Csanád, but this was thwarted by the First World War. The new bed of the Béga was constructed between 1906 and 1909, and a series of new bridges were built over the canal.

Source:  muemlekem.hu
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