These plans were abandoned with the bridge built solely for road transport (with tracks for horse-drawn trams).

Stanisław Kierbedź was the main designer and the works were carried out by the French companies "Gouin et C-ie the Batignolles" and "Schneider Creuzot", whose representatives were a French engineer called Gottard and the Polish engineer and inventor Stanisław Janicki.

On August 5, 1915, at around 6 am, Russian troops withdrawing from Warsaw blew up the two middle spans, without damaging the pillars.

The bridge was rebuilt in 1916, but the new trusses differed from those designed by Kierbedź (their top belt had a parabolic shape).

The bridge used for filming was actually in Toruń, because of its similar design which also had tram tracks.