Marshal Pilsudski bridge links Krakowska in the old town with Podgorze suburb on the south side of the Vistula river since 1933. It is 147m in length and suitable for car, tram, cycle traffic as well as pedestrians. The Nazis destroyed the bridge on their retreat for the red army in 1945, but after the war it was soon rebuilt. Due to the shape of its central section, locally also known as the turtle (żółw in Polish, almost impossible to pronounce correctly for a foreigner).