Trojská lávka, Steel footbridge in Bubeneč, Czech Republic.
The Trojská lávka is a steel footbridge that crosses the Vltava River between Bubeneč and the Troja district. The bridge extends 256 m (840 ft) in length and is approximately 4 m (13 ft) wide, allowing pedestrians and occasional emergency vehicles to use it.
A ferry and a pontoon bridge, destroyed by a drifting barge during the August 1977 flood, preceded the bridge. A military modular bridge with a wooden deck, used in the 1978 Major Zeman TV episode Rukojmí v Bella Vista, was swept away on 22 July 1981. The 1984 prestressed concrete footbridge, designed by Jiří Stráský, collapsed on 2 December 2017, injuring four people. The current steel bridge opened on 23 October 2020.
The crossing has long been a shortcut for Praguers heading to the Royal Game Reserve, Troja Castle and the zoo and botanical gardens. Before bridges, a ferry ran here, replaced by a pontoon bridge in winter; the ferry returned as P8 in December 2017, carrying 650 passengers on its first day. The ferryboat Mistr Jan Hus, built in 2016, held 28 people with bicycles and prams.
The deck is made of azobé tropical hardwood and the railings fold down when the Vltava rises, so driftwood does not catch in them. The bridge is built for a twenty-year flood; in larger floods it is submerged like its predecessors. It also carries cyclists and, in emergencies, ambulances up to 3.5 t.
The bridge's railings fold down when the Vltava rises, so drifting branches cannot catch in them. It is built for a 100-year lifespan but only for a twenty-year flood; in larger floods it is submerged like its predecessors. Its deck is made of azobé tropical hardwood.
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