Sigismund Augustus Bridge

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Sigismund Augustus Bridge Most Zygmunta Augusta
Coordinates	52°15′11″N 21°0′58″E / 52.25306°N 21.01611°E / 52.25306; 21.01611
Carried	Road transport
Crossed	Vistula River
Locale	Warsaw
Characteristics
Total length	500 m
Width	6 m
History
Architect	Erazm Giotto
Construction start	1568
Construction end	1573
Collapsed	1603
Location

The Sigismund Augustus Bridge (Polish: most Zygmunta Augusta) was a timber bridge over the Vistula River in Warsaw which came into operation in 1573 and lasted for 30 years. It was the first permanent crossing over the Vistula River in Warsaw and the longest wooden crossing in Europe at the time at 500 meters in length. The bridge was one of the greatest engineering works of the Renaissance in Poland and one of the largest in Europe.