In the Middle Ages, in the place of today's bridge, there was a place where tolls were collected from passing ships and passing carts, and customs duties were collected on goods.
In 1909, the German authorities of the city decided to build a drawbridge. Construction took 3 years. The designer of the then bridge was construction counselor Benduch. It was blown up by retreating German troops at the end of World War II, in the spring of 1945.
After the war, in 1947, a temporary Bailey bridge was built on the site of the demolished structure. It stood on wooden supports and was not very resistant to excessive use. In 1954, the city authorities decided to build a new bridge. It was designed by: Eng. Maksymilian Wolff, Eng. arch. Janusz Sapiński, engineer Piotr Kołodko and technician Eugeniusz Szymański. Construction began in 1955 and was completed on April 23, 1960. The bridge had a post-tensioned concrete structure.
In 1994, the bridge was renovated.
Another renovation (this time of the middle span that had not been renovated since launch) began at the end of November 2008.
On May 30, 2016, due to the poor technical condition of the bridge, the lane towards Dąbie was closed. On June 14, it was announced that the entire supporting structure of the bridge would be replaced. On June 15, at 11:15 p.m., due to the deteriorating technical condition, the crossing was completely closed[2]. In 2017 it was completely demolished; only the pillars and abutments were left and were used for the new steel supporting structure of the facility. In the second half of May 2017, assembly began. The new bridge consists of two steel segments with dimensions of 14x100 m. The assembly was carried out using hydraulic actuators and consisted of sliding onto the existing pillars and temporary supports located on the mainland. The span moved at a speed of three meters per hour. The operation was completed after several hours. The bridge was reopened on August 3, 2017.