Lanový most, Cable-stayed road bridge in Strašnice, Czechia.
Lanový most is a cable-stayed road bridge on Prague's City Ring Road (Jižní spojka), crossing the Prague–České Budějovice railway, the Praha-Zahradní Město station throat, a siding to the former Mitas site and the Zahradní Město tram loop. It has two directionally separated carriageways of three lanes each, with steel guardrails on both sides and a central median holding lighting columns, telecom cables and telematics.
Design work on the bridge was carried out by Jiří Stráský, Ilja Hustý, Slavomír Kolčava and others between 1991 and 1993. Construction started in 1996 and the bridge opened in December 1997 as the last section of the Jižní spojka to be built; the Spořilov–Zahradní Město stretch had already opened in the late 1980s.
Drivers nicknamed the old two-lane ramp on the northern carriageway the "Prague toboggan" for its tight bend and 60 km/h limit. The name Lanový most is unofficial but widely used; the bridge has no official name and appears in the administrator's records as Y529-SDO-ČSD přes Mitas.
The bridge sits on Prague's City Ring Road and provides a straightforward route connecting different neighborhoods on the eastern side. Both cars and pedestrians can cross it during all daylight hours.
The bridge's official registry name is "SDO – závěs. přes CD. Mitas", and its local name "Lanový most" is unofficial but established. The structure carries the City Ring Road over the Praha-Zahradní Město station throat, a siding to the former Mitas site and the Zahradní Město tram loop.
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