Iron bridge over the Blanice in Putim, Road bridge in Putim, Czech Republic
The iron bridge over the Blanice in Putim is a riveted iron truss arch road bridge with a lower deck, carrying the third-class road from Písek to Ražice on the western edge of the village. Two riveted truss arches of eleven bays form the load-bearing structure, with simple diagonals in the four outer bays and cross diagonals in the three middle ones. The deck rests on five longitudinal and twelve cross girders of 30 mm iron, painted light green, and the arches sit on granite-block abutments in seven courses. It is 26.75 m long and 5.12 m wide.
An iron bridge replaced a ford and wooden footbridge at river kilometre 1.6 of the Blanice in 1884; the structure was supplied by the Prague firm L. G. Bondy a synové and was ceremonially consecrated on 22 November 1884. It was damaged in the 2002 flood and repaired in 2003, and in 1988 it was entered in the Central List of Cultural Monuments of the Czech Republic.
The bridge carries the third-class road between Písek and Ražice and stands within Putim's village heritage zone. A small plate on the crown of the northern arch names the Prague firm L. G. Bondy a synové, which supplied the iron structure. The ironwork is painted light green.
The bridge sits near Putim town center and is easily reached on foot from local roads. The area around it is open and accessible, allowing visitors to view the structure from different angles.
The deck rests on five longitudinal girders and twelve crossbeams of iron 30 mm thick, a detail easy to miss from the road. On the crown of the northern arch a small plate names the Prague firm L. G. Bondy a synové, which supplied the structure.
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