Iron bridge in Týn nad Vltavou, Steel truss bridge in Týn nad Vltavou, Czech Republic.
The Iron Bridge in Týn nad Vltavou is a riveted steel road bridge over the Vltava, linking Horní Brašov and Malá Strana. It has two 60-metre spans with a lower deck resting on two stone abutments and a central pier; the left abutment bears the carved year 1892. The steel frame consists of twenty bays of nineteen verticals spaced 3.01 m apart, and the railings, 1.09 m high, combine semicircles and circles.
This crossing was built in 1892 as a steel structure to connect the two parts of town that the river separated. It received protection as a cultural monument of the Czech Republic in 1992, recognizing its importance to local history.
This bridge connects the two parts of town and plays an important role in how locals move through their community. It represents the role that river crossings have played in shaping the town's layout and daily life.
Since the 1996 reconstruction by Antonín Pechal's Brno office, the bridge carries only pedestrians and cyclists, so it is reached on foot or by bike from Horní Brašov and Malá Strana. The Orlík Dam raised the Vltava level, leaving about three metres of clearance beneath the deck, which limits boat traffic to excursion boats. Look for the two memorial plaques on the left-bank deck.
The bridge deck carries a hot-water pipeline hung there in 1987. The left bank abutment has the year 1892 carved into its central stone block, and two memorial plaques on the deck name the Prague Bridge Works (no. 1478) and designer Josef Mayr, regional chief engineer.
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