Železnicní most pres údolí Zákolanského potoka / Railway bridge over the valley of Zákolanský stream - Noutonice (Central Bohemia) - Stone Bridges on Waymarking.com

Depicted beautiful stone railway bridge, built on track N° 121 Hostivice – Podlešín in 1873, by two arches crosses the valley of the Zákolanský stream near village Noutonice in Central Bohemia.

The bridge crosses the valley with two arches with a diameter of about 7.5 m, led to a central conical pillar 12.2 m high, ending in a cornice. The pillar was founded on a beam grate and instead of the outer abutments there are always two closed chambers at both ends of the bridge, connected to the body of the railway embankment. The strength of the chamber walls decreases upwards. The masonry of the bridge is made of quarry stone of local origin, the voussoir of the arches and the corners of the pillars are made of sandstone ashlars. The railing is brick with a parapet topped with slabs of sandstone blocks. The bridge is slightly curved, the track on the bridge descends slightly. The total height therefore fluctuates, reaching about 19 m in the middle. The bridge (author of the project Jan Muzika), put into operation in 1873, underwent a general overhaul in 2005 and in the same year it was declared an immovable cultural monument.

The bridge over the valley of the Zákolanský stream has been preserved to this day in an intact condition, practically untouched by modernizations, and has also been very sensitively reconstructed. The overall monumental and aesthetic value of the bridge is therefore extremely high and, despite its relatively small dimensions, ranks it among the most important bridge structures in Central Bohemia.

Source: excerpted and translated from Hrady.cz web portal and National Heritage Institute portal.