Holešovice Railway Bridge / Holešovický železnicní most (Prague)
Posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member Dorcadion Team
N 50° 06.791 E 014° 26.975
33U E 460646 N 5551360
The newest railway bridge crossing Vltava river in Prague you can find in Holešovice...
Waymark Code: WM77RY
Location: Hlavní město Praha, Czechia
Date Posted: 09/15/2009
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member TheBeanTeam
Views: 214

We can find four bridges serving for the railway traffic among Prague bridges over Vltava. The newest of them is the Holešovice Railway Bridge in under Bulovka hill, of pre-stressed concrete, completed in 1975 and put into operation one year later.

The Holešovice Railway Bridge is a part of railway relocation in Holešovice. It connects Prague's district Holešovice with Liben, on the side of Liben it links tunnel under Bílá skála (White rock), 331 m long. The bridge is built of the pre-stressed concrete with frame structure is 387.5 m long and 10 m wide. It is divided on five bays of 77.5 m each. Double-hinged frame is borne by arms 12 m high, which have strength of four meters at their lower parts. They rest on round pillars with diameter of twenty metres in their basements and with diameter of eight meters at the top. Inclination of the bridge towards the river, which is of 45°, is very unusual, furthermore it has one-side gradient of 0.55%.

Chief designer of the bridge was Ing. Dr. Vilém Možíš (1914-1975). Construction was realized by company of Road and railway constructions. It was done without any interruption of the river traffic. The Railway Bridge in Holešovice, often also called the Railway Bridge under Bulovka, passed the load test successfully in October 1975. It was entirely approved in December 1976.

Bridge Type: Rigid Frame (Concrete Deck and Supports)

Bridge Usage: Railroad

Moving Bridge: This bridge is static (has no moving pieces)

Visit Instructions:
Please provide a photo taken at the time of visit.
Search for...
Geocaching.com Google Map
Google Maps
MapQuest
Bing Maps
Nearest Waymarks
Nearest Railroad Bridges
Nearest Geocaches
Create a scavenger hunt using this waymark as the center point
Recent Visits/Logs:
Date Logged Log User Rating  
Keškobrouci visited Holešovice Railway Bridge / Holešovický železnicní most (Prague) 08/02/2021 Keškobrouci visited it
Demonici visited Holešovice Railway Bridge / Holešovický železnicní most (Prague) 09/09/2017 Demonici visited it
obludak visited Holešovice Railway Bridge / Holešovický železnicní most (Prague) 04/09/2016 obludak visited it
FlyingBottle visited Holešovice Railway Bridge / Holešovický železnicní most (Prague) 01/21/2016 FlyingBottle visited it
vatr visited Holešovice Railway Bridge / Holešovický železnicní most (Prague) 05/04/2015 vatr visited it
Macamica visited Holešovice Railway Bridge / Holešovický železnicní most (Prague) 03/14/2015 Macamica visited it
Blogi visited Holešovice Railway Bridge / Holešovický železnicní most (Prague) 03/22/2014 Blogi visited it
Petr.P visited Holešovice Railway Bridge / Holešovický železnicní most (Prague) 10/20/2012 Petr.P visited it
subrtstepan visited Holešovice Railway Bridge / Holešovický železnicní most (Prague) 10/11/2012 subrtstepan visited it
Viburnus visited Holešovice Railway Bridge / Holešovický železnicní most (Prague) 08/30/2012 Viburnus visited it
hanz23 visited Holešovice Railway Bridge / Holešovický železnicní most (Prague) 05/27/2012 hanz23 visited it

View all visits/logs