In 2008 town authorities planned to reconstruct the bridge, but the project was denied by the Center for Preservation of Monuments of Culture because it was inadequate. 'Four fat horses' mentioned in the song are depicted on a mural at the main city's boulevard. Memory of the famous bridge is retained in a song 'Bečkerečka ćuprija' ('The Bridge of Bečkerek') from the early 20th century, where it is said that the bridge is 'as tight as a box'. Some ornaments of the former bridge can still be seen within the area of the 'Begej' shipyard. The bridge was cut into pieces and replaced with a new, concrete bridge.Īt the place of the former Eiffel Bridge there is now a concrete pedestrian bridge, built in 1971.

Finally, in 1969, they removed it because of, as told, 'new urbanistic plans'. It connected Trg Zorana Đinđića (Zoran Đinđić Square) and Žitni trg (Wheat Square).Īfter World War I, the new authorities renamed the bridge 'Dositejev most' (Доситејев мост), after Dositej Obradović.ĭuring the 1960s, local authorities tried many times to remove the bridge. The arcs of the bridge were backed by monumental columns decorated with geometrical and floral motifs. Functional and artistically valuable at the same time, the bridge was equipped with a system of levers that could raise its level for approximately 2 meters. The Great Bridge represented the most prominent example of Secession style bridges in Vojvodina. It was officially named 'Erzsébeth-híd' / 'Elisabeth Brücke' ( Elisabeth Bridge), after the late Austro-Hungarian empress Elisabeth. In the spring of 1904, the new Great Bridge was finished. The old wooden bridge was removed and construction work started in late 1903. In 1903, city authorities granted an order for a new, steel bridge, according to the popular belief, to Gustave Eiffel's company in Paris. It crossed the Begej river and was built at the same time as the Small bridge. Old wooden Great Bridge around 1895 Eiffel Bridge around 1930 Today's pedestrian bridge at the place where Eiffel Bridge used to standĮiffel Bridge (also known as 'Great Bridge') was a steel bridge located in Zrenjanin, Serbia.

Eiffel bridges