Glienicke Bridge Berlin 10th September 1959. The Glienicke Bridge crosses the Havel River connecting the Wannsee district of Berlin with the Brandenburg capital Potsdam. During the Cold War the bridge was used several times for the exchange of captured spies and thus became known as the Bridge of Spies. During the early years of the Cold War, the bridge was mainly used by the Allies as a link between their Berlin sections and the military liaison missions in Potsdam. German residents of the two cities more frequently used the S-Bahn suburban rail to travel between Berlin and Potsdam. On 27 May 1952, East German authorities closed the bridge to citizens of West Berlin and West Germany. The bridge was closed to East German citizens after the construction of the Berlin Wall in August 1961. Only allied personnel were allowed to access the bridge at any time.
