Great Moravia Footbridge, Bicycle bridge in Moravská Nová Ves, Czech Republic.
The Great Moravia Footbridge is a steel bicycle and pedestrian bridge over the Morava River between Mikulčice in the Czech Republic and Kopčany in Slovakia. It is 143 metres long, almost 5 metres wide and 9 metres high, with a steel-concrete deck and a 91-metre Langer arch. It was designed by Novák & Partner and built by Doprastav and STAVOKOV.
The steel footbridge was planned from 2006 and built from September 2018 by Doprastav, STAVOKOV and Doprastav CZ, with design by Novák & Partner. It opened on 29 October 2019, shortening the route between the Mikulčice hillfort and the Church of St Margaret of Antioch in Kopčany by over 10 km.
The name was chosen by public vote in 2020: the regional authorities shortlisted Lávka Velké Moravy and Lávka svaté Markéty, and the former won with 86% in South Moravia and 79% in Trnava. The bridge links the Slavic hillfort in Mikulčice with the Church of St Margaret of Antioch in Kopčany, cutting the route between them by over 10 km.
The footbridge lies 1.3 km northwest of Kopčany and 3.2 km southeast of Mikulčice, reached by cycle routes including the Moravian Route and the Cyril and Methodius Way. It was built to carry small emergency vehicles as well as walkers and cyclists.
The bridge is one of only three footbridges on the 108 km stretch of the Morava forming Slovakia's border with Austria and the Czech Republic, alongside Cyklomost slobody (2012) and Cyklomost VysoMarch (2022). Slovakia has 11 crossings of this border river in total: four road bridges, three railway bridges, one ferry and three footbridges.
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