It was almost inaccessible to pedestrians and cyclists, with bicycles prohibited on the Toruń thoroughfare and the bridges two very narrow sidewalks separated from the roadway by traffic barriers, impeding the passage of bikes.

In September 2009, the General Directorate for National Roads and Highways (GDDKiA) began an extensive refurbishment of the Toruń thoroughfare, along with the bridge, to upgrade it into an expressway.

After the completion of the reconstruction and the construction of a link between Konotopa and Powązkowska Street, the whole route forms a part of the S8 expressway.

[1] Modernization of the bridge involved widening of two independent decks with braced cantilevers by a total of more than 9 m and strengthening the structure by external prestressing.

The design included increasing the load capacity of the bridge by using over 100 straight prestressed tendons on each of two superstructures.