# Pontoon Bridge

Also called: Pontonski most, Hajóhíd, Pontonbrücke.

Before any permanent bridge stood here, Novi Sad and Petrovaradin were joined by a wooden pontoon bridge laid across the Danube on oak floats. Crossings of this kind were used from the late seventeenth century, and the first standing bridge dates from 1788; it was known as Hagen's bridge after the officer, Baron von Hagen, who designed it on the model of one at Mannheim. It was laid each spring by the pontonier unit stationed at Petrovaradin and taken up again before the first ice, and its middle section could be drawn aside to let river traffic through. Carts paid a toll while anything carried by hand went free, residents of the two towns crossed without charge, and the season opened every year with a handshake between the mayor of Novi Sad and the commandant of the fortress. The bridge was removed for the last time in 1918, when work began on the permanent crossing that became the Prince Tomislav bridge.

## Pictures (57)

- [The Pontoon Bridge Seen From the Danube Bank](https://archive.neusatz.cc/i/103df5cc30cf/index.md), before 1883
- [The pontoon bridge below the fortress](https://archive.neusatz.cc/i/1a7dca1058cc/index.md), before 1918
- [Die Vestung Peterwardein With the Christian Army Encamped](https://archive.neusatz.cc/i/4539c5651631/index.md), circa 1710
- [Designation of the Battle Fought Between Peterwardein and Carlowitz, 5 August 1716](https://archive.neusatz.cc/i/0d970ed21549/index.md), circa 1720
- [Peterwardein, engraved for Franz Schams, 1820](https://archive.neusatz.cc/i/94eaf11689b8/index.md), 1820
- [Peterwardein and Neusatz, by Jakob Alt](https://archive.neusatz.cc/i/dc2a9d1df3ac/index.md), 1826
- [The Fortress of Peterwardein and the Bridgehead at Neusatz, by Jakob Alt](https://archive.neusatz.cc/i/fd067d0ef8ff/index.md), 1826
- [Neusatz in Hungary, from the Bibliographisches Institut](https://archive.neusatz.cc/i/2ae809c7735a/index.md), 1850
- [Petrovaradin fortress seen across the Danube, with a pontoon bridge](https://archive.neusatz.cc/i/5a9486d5eeae/index.md), 1868–1918
- [Novi Sad Seen from Petrovaradin](https://archive.neusatz.cc/i/ea73e1bc7165/index.md), 1883
- [Novi Sad and Petrovaradin site map, Danube gauge register, dual scale](https://archive.neusatz.cc/i/67acd55217a3/index.md), 1894–1895
- [Crossing the pontoon bridge to Petrovaradin, with a horse and cart](https://archive.neusatz.cc/i/2beb09a4e8d9/index.md), 1896–1918
- [Crowds on the Pontoon Bridge to Petrovaradin, Franz Joseph Inset](https://archive.neusatz.cc/i/9be017aca305/index.md), 1896–1918
- [Greetings from Petrovaradin Fortress, Prince Eugene's 1716 Victory](https://archive.neusatz.cc/i/474c7a637e9d/index.md), 1896–1918
- [Novi Sad across the Danube, with the pontoon bridge](https://archive.neusatz.cc/i/ac7de6fea34b/index.md), by November 1900
- [Panoramic View of Novi Sad with the Pontoon Bridge and a Boathouse](https://archive.neusatz.cc/i/663f69b4a15e/index.md), 1896–1918
- [Petrovaradin and Sremska Kamenica, Three Views with the Cadet School](https://archive.neusatz.cc/i/df7dfee6a2ff/index.md), 1896–1918
- [Petrovaradin fortress at dusk, with the pontoon bridge](https://archive.neusatz.cc/i/05d34b0f862a/index.md), 1896–1918
- [Petrovaradin fortress, with a smoking steamer on the Danube](https://archive.neusatz.cc/i/f4f687f242d2/index.md), 1896–1918
- [Rowboats and Barges at the Pontoon Bridge, Petrovaradin](https://archive.neusatz.cc/i/433a099beb69/index.md), 1896–1918
- [The Grand Hotel Mayer and Petrovaradin Fortress with its pontoon bridge](https://archive.neusatz.cc/i/c59e01885535/index.md), 1896–1918
- [The Novi Sad Skyline Beyond the Pontoon Bridge and Its Boathouses](https://archive.neusatz.cc/i/d9db6438f650/index.md), 1896–1918
- [The Pontoon Bridge at Petrovaradin, in Silhouette](https://archive.neusatz.cc/i/04300e239bed/index.md), 1896–1918
- [The pontoon bridge to Petrovaradin, crowded with pedestrians](https://archive.neusatz.cc/i/de1d3e31c17d/index.md), 1896–1918
- [Along the pontoon bridge to Petrovaradin](https://archive.neusatz.cc/i/f2a832fae7ab/index.md), 1898–1918
- [Soldiers crossing the pontoon bridge](https://archive.neusatz.cc/i/a96473114d0e/index.md), before 1918
- [A Message from Petrovaradin on Novi Sad's Newest Excursion Spot](https://archive.neusatz.cc/i/57e9d6cb319a/index.md), 1899
- [Crossing the Pontoon Bridge to Petrovaradin, Smoke Rising Beyond](https://archive.neusatz.cc/i/725dac8a4e66/index.md), by September 1899
- [Petrovaradin Fortress, with the pontoon and railway bridges](https://archive.neusatz.cc/i/6a21fd086284/index.md), by November 1899
- [Petrovaradin and the Pontoon Bridge, 1899](https://archive.neusatz.cc/i/c660b53a1ae5/index.md), by February 1899
- [Two Views: Petrovaradin Fortress and a Lace-Railed Bridge, 1899](https://archive.neusatz.cc/i/8ab42d1d69a6/index.md), by May 1899
- [Greetings from Novi Sad on the Danube, 1900](https://archive.neusatz.cc/i/97bf9ce37ae2/index.md), by November 1900
- [Petrovaradin Fortress and the Pontoon Bridge](https://archive.neusatz.cc/i/a5190850c507/index.md), 1900–1918
- [Pontoon bridge](https://archive.neusatz.cc/i/da4b1745225c/index.md), 1900s
- [The Pontoon Bridge Opened for River Traffic](https://archive.neusatz.cc/i/a0dd824fe6fd/index.md), 1900–1918
- [The pontoon bridge to Petrovaradin fortress](https://archive.neusatz.cc/i/2a6fe09a7f70/index.md), 1900
- [The town across the pontoons](https://archive.neusatz.cc/i/368f7ef44f97/index.md), before 1918
- [Petrovaradin and the Pontoon Bridge, 1901](https://archive.neusatz.cc/i/5d0b1fb76458/index.md), by June 1901
- [The riverbank, with barges and a pontoon crossing](https://archive.neusatz.cc/i/5f26f17c2287/index.md), by July 1903
- [A Paddle Steamer Crowded With Passengers by the Pontoon Bridge](https://archive.neusatz.cc/i/4b627ec52a56/index.md), 1905.
- [Panorama with the fortress, barges and a church spire](https://archive.neusatz.cc/i/341ceb99317d/index.md), by April 1905
- [Petrovaradin Fortress, above the stone river quay](https://archive.neusatz.cc/i/ae086a5fdb27/index.md), 1906.
- [Petrovaradin Fortress, with a Man Poling a Boat, 1907](https://archive.neusatz.cc/i/825f8f0d0f66/index.md), by July 1907
- [Petrovaradin Fortress and the Crowded Pontoon Bridge, a Rowboat Below](https://archive.neusatz.cc/i/96efc9b86ee7/index.md), by December 1908
- [Rowing Crews Beside the Pontoon Bridge, 1909](https://archive.neusatz.cc/i/59d281fad158/index.md), by September 1909
- [Men in Bowler Hats on the Pontoon Bridge Below Petrovaradin Fortress](https://archive.neusatz.cc/i/c1e878fe5a2d/index.md), 1910s
- [Novi Sad Across the Danube, with the Pontoon Bridge and Steamers](https://archive.neusatz.cc/i/286078e37241/index.md), 1910
- [Steamship Starčević](https://archive.neusatz.cc/i/aaafd248a009/index.md), 1910
- [A rowboat approaches Petrovaradin Fortress](https://archive.neusatz.cc/i/5ad40d651c93/index.md), by September 1911
- [Petrovaradin Fortress, with a Boatman and an Overturned Punt, 1911](https://archive.neusatz.cc/i/743beefa6953/index.md), by July 1911
- [A panorama over the pontoon bridge](https://archive.neusatz.cc/i/d028ef9f8d0f/index.md), 1912
- [Bridge Command at the Novi Sad to Petrovaradin Crossing](https://archive.neusatz.cc/i/320f33ad3672/index.md), 1914
- [Guards at the Bridge Command, Novi Sad to Petrovaradin](https://archive.neusatz.cc/i/fb97a4282a1e/index.md), 1914
- [Traffic Crossing the Military Bridge to Petrovaradin](https://archive.neusatz.cc/i/da6aa3da8203/index.md), 1914
- [The pontoon bridge on blue water](https://archive.neusatz.cc/i/9b6d41a776ef/index.md), 1917
- [A paddle steamer and the pontoon bridge at Petrovaradin](https://archive.neusatz.cc/i/0dc09b90adb8/index.md), by April 1918
- [Petrovaradin Fortress, seen past the riverside trees](https://archive.neusatz.cc/i/2e924a677827/index.md), 1934.

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