The Michelangelo Bridge connects the Elisabetin area to the Cetate area and was built in 1970, when the city was systematised. It is structured with pedestrian walkways on both sides and double lanes in both directions, making it one of the busiest access areas over the Bega. It is known as the widest bridge in the city, much too close to the water level, obstructing the navigation of taller boats to the water turbines. On the site where the bridge was built in the 1940s, there was a wooden footbridge. In 1964, a new one was built for college students.