Vytautas the Great Bridge, also known as Aleksotas Bridge before 1930 and from 1940 until 23 February 2008, crosses Nemunas River to connect Aleksotas and Old Town in Kaunas, Lithuania. Its length exceeds 256 meters, width 16 meters. The tender for building the bridge was arranged back in 1927. After several stages of competition Copenhagen based engineers won the right to built the bridge. Finally, in 1930 January 11 bridge was completed. The bridge was named after Grand Duke of Lithuania Vytautas the Great after its construction.
During World War II bridge was blasted away. Strategic importance of the city Kaunas resulted, that bridge was rebuilt in 1948. In 2005 bridge undergone major reconstruction.
