Bridge Name: | Island Bridge |
Native Name: | Salu tilts |
Native Name Lang: | LV |
Other Name: | Moscow bridge |
Crosses: | Daugava |
Locale: | Riga, Latvia |
Length: | 3500 meters |
Width: | 24 meters |
Mainspan: | 1795 meters |
Spans: | 2 |
Inaugurated: | 1976 |
The Island Bridge (lv|Salu tilts) is a bridge that crosses the Daugava river in Riga, the capital of Latvia. The bridge was built in the period from 1975 to 1977.[1] It was called the Moscow Bridge (Maskavas tilts) until 1991.[2] The bridge provides access to Zaķusala (Hare Island) and Lucavsala.
On June 26, 2018, second phase of the bridge's reconstruction costing 19.6 million euros was initiated.[3]