Železniční most v Křižanově, Railway bridge in Křižanov, Czech Republic.
The railway bridge at Křižanov is an unplastered stone bridge 52 metres long, carrying the Moldavian Mountain Railway at kilometre 141.844 over the Křižanov stream valley. It has three barrel vaults of dressed ashlar blocks; two piers, slightly tapering upward to a stone cornice that runs around them, support the arch springings. The same simple cornice runs along the crown of the masonry.
The bridge was built in 1877 on the Osek–Hrob railway line, crossing the Křižanov brook valley. The design was drawn up by railway chief engineer Jan Bydžovský and executed by the building firm Schön & Wessely. It is entered in the Central List of Cultural Monuments of the Czech Republic under number 43298/5-2604.
The bridge is listed as a cultural monument of the Czech Republic under register number 43298/5-2604. It is one of the documented stone railway structures on the Moldavian Mountain Railway, a line that connected Osek and Hrob.
The bridge stands at kilometre 141.844 of the Moldavian Mountain Railway, in the Křižanov district of the town of Hrob. It is a protected structure, so it is seen from the outside; the three arches span the Křižanovský potok valley, and the surrounding ground is uneven.
The bridge stands at kilometre 141.844 of the Moldavian Mountain Railway, on the Osek–Hrob line. Its three barrel vaults are built from dressed ashlar blocks, and the two piers taper slightly upward to a stone cornice that runs around each pier and along the top of the walls.
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