Františkův most, Road bridge in Bukovice, Czech Republic.
Františkův most is a reinforced-concrete road bridge over the Bělá in Bukovice, part of Jeseník. It has full-depth girders with the roadway set between them, and concrete parapets that rise from rounded ends to a centre bearing a 1905 Art Nouveau motif.
The bridge over the Bělá on road II/453 between Domašov and Jeseník was built in 1905 and withstood the 1997 flood. In 2017 road II/453 was rerouted onto a new bridge that took over the number 453-001, and the old span is to be kept as a technical monument. Its load limit is 10 tonnes, so it is closed to lorry traffic.
The bridge carries the name Františkův most, or Franziskus Brücke, and both facades originally bore that inscription. Its concrete parapet rises from rounded ends toward a centre panel with an Art Nouveau motif and the date 1905. Since 2017 the old span has been kept as a technical monument after a new bridge took over the road number 453-001.
The bridge has no footways, though walking across is not prohibited; the adjoining stretch of Šumperská street (road I/44) also lacks a pavement. Road traffic crosses one-way towards road I/44, where a Stop/Give way sign controls entry. Load limit is 10 tonnes, so it is closed to heavy lorries.
On both faces the bridge originally bore the inscription "Franziskus Brücke". Its concrete parapets rise from rounded ends toward a centre bearing an Art Nouveau motif with the date 1905. In 2017 the road II/453 was moved to a new bridge, and this one is to be kept as a technical monument.
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