Lyduvėnai railway bridge Infrastructure

The bridge was built on the 50.7 km of the Radviliškis-Pagėgiai railway section and was built across the Dubysa valley. It is the longest (599 m) and highest (42 m) railway bridge in Lithuania.
The first wooden Lyduvėnai bridge was built in 1916. Kaiser German forces. Due to the constant threat of fires, it was decided to rebuild the bridge, replacing the structures with concrete and metal ones. The bridge was commissioned in 1918. May 17 and named after the commander of the German army, Field Marshal Paul von Hindenburg.
After Lithuania regained its independence, the bridge was intensively used for both state and international transit purposes. In order to protect it in case of war, in 1937 three reinforced concrete defensive facilities were installed (one remains today).
Despite attempts to save the bridge (unsuccessfully bombed several times), in 1944 July 26 the retreating Nazi German army blew it up. The Soviet army hastily installed a temporary wooden bridge on the new supports. in 1951 the reconstruction of a steel bridge with 9 partitions of two types has begun: 6 of them are new Russian ones, and 3 are German, which have remained since 1918. The first train passed in 1952. May 1st
in 2023 at the end of the year, after the last reconstruction, tours for tourists were started on the service path of the bridge, which is located in the lower part of the bridge.