High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Vytautas the Great Bridge, also known as Aleksotas Bridge before 1930 and from 1940 until 23 February 2008, crosses the Nemunas River to connect Aleksotas and Old Town in Kaunas, Lithuania. Its length exceeds 256 meters, and its width is of 16 meters. The means of payment for the building of the bridge was arranged back in 1927. After several stages of competition, Copenhagen based engineers obtained the rights to built the bridge. Finally, in January 11, 1930, the bridge was completed being named after Grand Duke of Lithuania Vytautas the Great.