<br>in 1894 began the construction work, which initially was used a wooden makeshift bridge downstream in the river bed. The existing metal construction was carefully dismantled in spring 1895 and resold in parts. in 1896, the new bridge construction work was finished. It was railing in wrought iron ornamental grid showing Imperial Imperial Eagle on both sides on the middle of the bridge. About the bridge piers candelabra are slender lattice masts with mythical masks and gilded stylised Sun at the top. The ironwork produced in the workshops of M. Fabian, pulse, Langer, Methling and Krüger.<br><br>in 1914, a dismantling of the steel superstructure was in connection with the subway tunnel construction, so piers and abutments could be adapted to the new requirements. A reconstruction in the original form was intended for material testing, some reinforcing constructive measures, in particular the replacement of the steel truss substructure through a massive steel beam base, as well as a widening. By the first world war and the following economic crisis, rebuilding lasted until December 19, 1923. During the nine-year construction period, a spreeabwärts the emergency bridge traffic was diverted was probably to the previous tram temporary bridge. It was 1924 removed and sold some parts in turn.<br><br>At the end of the second world war, the Weidendammer bridge by blasting was spared, so that she could be used further without serious damage. 1974/1975 and 1985 left city administration, extensive repair work run the East Berlin, what larger items were also temporarily expanded and revised in workshops. Missing decorations, which in 1924 not could be re-attached, reconstructed as the originally existing on the eagle heads German Imperial Crown. 1992 to 1994 was an extensive refurbishment including defective seals, corrosion and road damage were removed in the. The bridge was blocked for this and the Ebert bridge was rebuilt as a provisional arrangement, to provide a short bypass way.<br><br>On April 19, 2006, a Polish pusher craft rammed the Weidendammer bridge, because the captain had underestimated the strong current. People were not harmed, but the superstructure of the vessel were destroyed. Experts found no damage to the bridge.