General Wiktor Thommée Bridge

The General Wiktor Thommée Bridge in Stanisławów Pierwszy is a steel Bailey-type prefabricated bridge made of modular truss sections. It was manufactured at the GKB works in Cardiff, Wales, and is one of the few working historic structures of this type in Poland.

Bailey bridges were developed during the Second World War so that they could be assembled quickly as military crossings. In Nieporęt Municipality, such structures appeared in the 1980s, after a wooden bridge collapsed under a horse-drawn cart.

The bridge is named after General Wiktor Thommée – an officer of the Legions, a veteran of the Polish-Soviet War and commander of the defence of the Modlin Fortress in 1939. The bridge is also an attraction for cyclists and walkers; the green cycling trail runs across it.