The Pitkäsilta (Finnish: [ˈpitkæˌsiltɑ]; Swedish: Långa bron, lit.

The bridge's name comes from near the end of the 19th century, when the district of Siltasaari was still an island.

[2] The Pitkäsilta connects Helsinki downtown to the once working-class districts of Siltasaari, Kallio and Hakaniemi.

Most of the trade union and leftist party headquarters were also located around the northern end of the bridge.

For several decades, the Pitkäsilta was considered as a divider and a symbol of the gap between the left and right.