Petras Vileišis Bridge

The Vilijampolė Bridge across the Neris River received special attention from the Lithuanian rebels during the June Uprising in Lithuania in 1941 as they expected the Germans to enter the city using this bridge.

40 Soviet troops and three armoured vehicles protected the bridge and waited for the right moment to detonate.

[2] When the Soviets retreated a bit after facing Lithuanian fire, Juozas Savulionis ran to the middle of the bridge, cut the wires, and thus saved it from destruction.

On his way back Savulionis was shot and killed by Soviet fire, becoming one of the first victims of the uprising.

It was named after Petras Vileišis, an engineer from Interbellum Lithuania.