<br>in 1895, the bridge with three arches of larger was rebuilt and renamed at the rededication of the bridges monument on May 9, 1896 in elector bridge. It allowed the new wide main street, the King's road now also the unhindered continuation. This road began on the right directly behind the bridge with the No. 1 and marked the entrance to the old Berlin City Centre. Structurally the bridge design was the predecessor bridge, stone brick vault with superior sandstone were elected and the place for the statue was retained. She now had a ten metre wide roadway and on both sides the 3.90-meter-wide sidewalks.<br><br>At the end of the second world war, the elector bridge suffered severe damage by blasting the Wehrmacht only stood still the centerpiece. The equestrian statue was been outsourced, it was later found in the Tegeler see. After the war, wooden parts of temporary bridge crossing of the river Spree at this point were used. 1947 to 1949 the restorations replaced with steel girders. Strong damage to the eastern part of the vault in 1952 resulted in a suspension of bridge for vehicle traffic, and finally the vault had to be removed completely. Due to the important traffic function of this bridge the magistrate had a steel girder construction with steel concrete road on the bridge foundations. This more temporary replaced until 1974-1976 in connection with the construction of the Palace of the Republic a better steel structure of 29 metres in length. Since the City Hall bridge is again reserved only the pedestrian and bicycle traffic, as it is officially called since 1951. The equestrian statue of the great elector was permanently raised after the war the Charlottenburg Palace front of.<br><br>The bridge no longer exists, only 2 pipes are still transferred.My pictures from the 21.7.09 document the condition of the former bridge. A new bridge construction is planned. Helmut Fischer