Mokropsy railway bridge, Railway bridge in Mokropsy, Czech Republic.
Mokropsy railway bridge is a steel truss railway bridge over the Berounka River at river kilometre 11.8, between the Černošice-Mokropsy and Všenory stops on the Prague–Plzeň line. Its three spans measure 50.5 + 61.0 + 50.5 metres, giving a total length of 170.3 metres, and it carries a side walkway for pedestrians and cyclists added in the 1990s.
The first single-track iron bridge was built here in 1862 by the Česká západní dráha on the Plzeň–Prague line, with five spans of Schifkorn's system on four stone pillars, 135.76 m long. A flood in 1872 destroyed one pillar and two spans; riveted truss spans replaced the wooden provisional structure by 1883. The present double-track truss bridge, 170.3 m long with spans of 50.5 + 61.0 + 50.5 m, was slid onto new pillars overnight on 7–8 July 1911.
Until the railway bridge opened, Horní and Dolní Mokropsy were linked by a ferry dating from the 14th century, run by the Zbraslav Cistercians and later sold to a private owner obliged to operate it free of charge. The bridge itself long carried no footpath, and a separate footbridge was repeatedly destroyed by floods. A side walkway for pedestrians and cyclists was added during the 1990s overhaul.
The bridge crosses the Berounka at river kilometre 11.8, between the Černošice-Mokropsy and Všenory stops on the Prague–Plzeň line. A side steel walkway for pedestrians and cyclists was added during the 1990s overhaul; it can be closed for a few days during track work. The 2002 flood left the bridge without major damage.
Part of the 1872 riveted truss structure was sold and moved in 1912 from the Plzeň region to the Ježek works in Blansko, where it survives as the Ježkův most, a listed cultural monument. The bridge also carried no footpath at first; a side walkway for pedestrians and cyclists was added only during the 1990s overhaul.
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