Dagmar Šimková Bridge, Pedestrian bridge in Písek, Czech Republic.
The Dagmar Šimková Bridge is a pedestrian and cycle bridge in Písek crossing the Otava River between Hradiště and Václavské předměstí. It consists of two straight arms 3.3 m wide that are not aligned and meet at a square platform on a pillar nearer the left bank. The left arm spans 46.7 m and hangs from three pairs of cables; the right arm spans 81.7 m on two cables. The deck sits as low as the hundred-year flood level allows.
The idea of a footbridge arose during the 2010–2014 electoral term under mayor Ondřej Veselý. The bridge, designed by Josef Pleskot's studio with project work by Vladimír Janata of Excon and built by Metrostav, opened on 26 September 2018 at a cost of about 50 million korunas. It is named after Dagmar Šimková, a political prisoner of the Czechoslovak communist regime.
The bridge is named after Dagmar Šimková, a political prisoner of the Czechoslovak communist regime. Its name was chosen when the crossing opened on 26 September 2018, so the structure carries her memory in the city's public space.
The bridge has two straight arms of different lengths, 3.3 m wide, meeting at a square platform on a pillar in the river nearer the left bank. The left-bank arm spans 46.7 m and hangs from three pairs of cables; the right-bank arm spans 81.7 m on two cables. The deck sits as low as the hundred-year flood level allows.
The bridge's two straight arms are not aligned: they meet at a square platform on a river pier and form the sides of a triangle. The left arm, 46.7 m long, is cable-stayed from three pairs of hangers; the right arm, 81.7 m long, is suspended from two cables. The deck sits as low as possible above the hundred-year flood level.
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