Borovina railway bridge, Railway bridge in Horka Domky, Czech Republic
Borovinský most is a single-track railway bridge on the Brno–Jihlava line, 162 metres long and 5 metres high, with a steel truss deck 42.5 metres above the Libušino valley floor. It spans the Stařečský stream and Koželužská street; its eastern half lies in Horka-Domky, while the western half forms the boundary between Stařečka and Borovina.
Construction began in 1885, and the bridge opened for rail traffic the following year. It was built as part of regional railway expansion during that period.
Locals call it the "bridge of suicides"; by 2001 it had seen the 25th such jump counted since 1947, and about 30 people have died by jumping since the 1987 reconstruction. Mayor Pavel Janata said the town had repeatedly asked for anti-jump barriers, but the railway infrastructure administration does not plan them.
A footbridge built with the new bridge body as a maintenance walkway was opened to the public in mid-1989, with access paths added later. It runs alongside the tracks at height, so pedestrians can cross the Libušino valley without using the railway itself.
A separate footbridge runs alongside the railway tracks, allowing people to walk across at this height. This additional passage makes the structure serve more than just rail transport.
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