Wooden bridge over the Svratka river in Černvír, Covered wooden footbridge in Černvír, Czech Republic

The wooden bridge in Černvír is a 32-metre-long covered footbridge over the Svratka River, built in 1718 with a truss structure of fir and some oak. It stands on a stone pillar mid-river and a stone abutment on the east bank, with a shingled gable roof and side parapets 1.5 metres high.

This footbridge was built in the early 18th century and ranks among the oldest surviving wooden river crossings in Moravia. It has connected settlements on both banks of the river for centuries.

The bridge shows traditional building methods that were common in the area. You can see how people constructed it using local materials and carpentry skills of that time.

Access is on foot from the village of Černvír, which sits in a valley surrounded by gentle hills. The approach is level and leads directly down to the river.

The bridge was rebuilt in 1858, 1906, 1939, 1971, 1996 and 2008–2009, so its present timber is largely renewed rather than original. It carried public traffic until 1954, when an iron bridge took over; a concrete road bridge followed in 1980.