In 1937 a reconstruction of the bridge both extended and widened it. Fpr the new railing fields the sculptor Kurt Schumacher created two more medallions with sculptural city views from the years 1650 and 1688. The conversion work also promoted four copper plates with the years 1657, 1694, 1863, 1897, the construction work on the lock and the installation of the equestrian statue of William I on the adjacent Schlossfreiheit (1897) refer.