Vyšehrad Railway Bridge, Rail bridge in Vyšehrad district, Prague, Czech Republic
The Vyšehrad Railway Bridge spans the Vltava between Výtoň and Smíchov. Its 1901 steel structure has three parabolic truss arches, each 72 m long and weighing 560 t, resting on two stone piers in the river, with a four-span plate-girder approach on the Výtoň side.
The structure was built in 1872 and rebuilt in 1901 to handle Prague's growing transportation demands. This reconstruction created a double-track line that replaced the earlier single-track design.
The bridge stands as a registered cultural monument, reflecting Prague's industrial development in the early 1900s. It shapes the appearance of the riverbank and reminds visitors of when railways transformed the city.
The bridge crosses the Vltava between Výtoň (Podskalí) and Smíchov, just below Vyšehrad. Its side footbridges were closed in December 2017 over safety concerns, so pedestrians cannot cross on the bridge; views are from the riverbanks or from trains passing over it.
The bridge has no official name; maps label it simply "railway bridge", and this lowercase designation became its accepted unofficial proper name. Older names include Most železniční na Smíchov (1881) and Most spojovací dráhy císaře Františka Josefa (1909).
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