Building efforts were temporarily halted during the 2010 Central European floods, but later resumed after a short delay.

In August 2011, the Wrocław bureau of GDDKiA, the branch of the Ministry of Infrastructure tasked to roads, organized a naming competition of the bridge.

After over 15,000 ballots cast, the Rędzin Bridge won 55 percent of all total votes.

[5] The name defeated other popular choices such as "Śląski" by a wide margin.

[8] The bridge opened to A8 traffic on 31 August 2011,[9] just over a year before start of the UEFA Euro 2012.