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New Bridge / Most SNP The Most SNP is a bridge in Bratislava. The official name is Most Slovenseho Narodeneho Poavstania which translated to English means Bridge of the Slovak National Uprising. The bridge has had different names. In 1993 the bridges name was changed to Novy Most, meaning New Bridge in English, but was changed back in 2012. Most SNP was named to honor the 1944 resistance movement against Nazi forces. The bridge spans over the Danube River connecting Petrzalka to the rest of the city. The bridge is a cable-stayed bridge. It has two decks. The upper deck is a four lane road for cars. The lower deck is for pedestrians and bicycles. Most SNP is the only bridge in the world that is a member of the World Federation of Great Towers. It is the longest single pylon cable-stayed bridge in the world at 430.8 meters (1,413 ft)long. The bridge is 21 meters (68.9 ft) wide and 85 meters (277.6 ft) tall. Most SNP was voted construction of the 20th century in Slovakia. On top of the bridge is a restaurant known as the UFO. The restaurant’s name was originally Bystrica but was change in 2005 because everyone called it the UFO anyway since it looks like a flying saucer. There is a high speed elevator in the east pillar to get up to the restaurant. There is also an emergency staircase in the west pillar that has 430 stairs. Above the restaurant there is an Observation deck 95 meters (311ft) from the ground. The observation deck has 360 degree views and on clear days you can see over 100km (62 miles). During communism the deck was closed to prevent people from seeing capitalist Austria. The bridge was built from 1967 to 1972 by J. Lacko and A. Tesar. A large part of Old Town including most of the Jewish Quarter was demolished to create a roadway to the bridge. A monument was erected for a synagogue that once stood in front of St. Martins Cathedral. Today it is still one of the most recognized structures in Bratislava. By Brandon Driscoll