[1][2] The bridge from the Bačka side of Novi Sad ended where the modern Miloša Bajića street is located, near the old silk factory.

[1][2] At the end of First World War, the citizens of Novi Sad and the Serbian army saved the bridge from destruction at the hands of the retreating Austro-Hungarian forces.

Through this bridge the Serbian army, commanded by major Vojislav Bugarski entered the liberated Novi Sad on 9 November 1918.

The technical department of the Ban Administration asked the First Military District for explosives to destroy the sheets of ice, but were unsuccessful in their attempt.

The bridge gave in the early hours of 18 February 1924, the ice sheets damaging one of the piers resulting in the collapse of two metal arches that rested on it.