Cable Bridge (Riga)

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The Cable Bridge in Riga.
The Cable Bridge in Riga.

The Cable Bridge (Latvian: Vanšu tilts) in Riga is a cable-stayed bridge that crosses the Daugava river in Riga, the capital of Latvia. It is one of five bridges crossing Daugava in Riga; it is 595 meters long, it was built during the Soviet period and opened to public use in 1981 as the Gorky Bridge (Latvian: Gorkija tilts).