In 1903, city authorities granted an order for a new, steel bridge, according to the popular belief, to Gustave Eiffel's company in Paris.

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.

After World War I, the new authorities renamed the bridge "Dositejev most" (Доситејев мост), after Dositej Obradović.

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.

Reconstruction of the bridge would demand vast corresponding changes in the surrounding area due to dramatic changes after the second world war.