Vojslavický most, Highway bridge in Vojslavice, Czech Republic.
Vojslavický most is a pair of bridges over the Želivka valley northwest of Humpolec: a lower concrete bridge from 1942 and, twelve metres above it, a steel bridge carrying the D1 motorway. The lower deck, on road III/13036 between Vojslavice and Hořice, rests on massive pale concrete piers with dark steel beams beneath the deck and a railing of rectangular posts.
A west-east highway across Czechoslovakia was planned in the 1930s, and the Želivka valley was crossed by a bridge built in 1942. Work stopped after Germany attacked the Soviet Union in June 1941 and halted entirely in 1950. Renewed traffic in the 1960s led to a steel bridge placed twelve metres above the old deck on the same piers, carrying the D1 motorway at a 4.2% grade.
Locals also call it the double bridge near Koberovice or Píšť. The lower deck still carries road III/13036 between Vojslavice and Hořice, while the D1 motorway runs overhead; the structure has been a listed cultural monument of the Czech Republic.
The lower bridge still carries road III/13036 between Vojslavice and Hořice, while the D1 motorway runs on the upper deck twelve metres above. The structure stands over the Želivka valley northwest of Humpolec; the upper deck is not accessible to pedestrians. View the two stacked decks from the surrounding roads.
The two bridge structures were engineered at different vertical elevations to meet modern slope requirements for the motorway. This technical solution allowed both traffic systems to coexist at the same location without interfering with each other.
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