Prague 14 wants to acquire the torso of the bridge that gave its name to the neighborhood Černý Most | Company | News | Prague Gossip
The City Hall of Prague 14 will try to acquire the torso of the so-called black bridge, which used to cross the railway near today’s Paradise Garden and gave its name to the local part of the capital. It was decided by the representatives of the city district. The bridge should be part of patriotic walks. According to a preliminary estimate, its repair could cost seven to ten million crowns. The land with the bridge’s torso belongs to the Railway Administration, which plans to demolish it.
“If we don’t do it, SŽ will tear it down”
The rest of the bridge is located on the line between Vysočany and Horní Počernice in the triangle formed by the railway line, Za Černý mostem street and Ciglerová street. It is precisely because SŽ wants to remove the remains of the bridge that they discussed the representative’s proposal to submit an application for entrusting the bridge. “If we don’t do it, the SŽ will break,” said the mayor Jiří Zajac (ODS).
If the town hall acquired the torso of the bridge, it would repair it, according to former deputy mayor and representative Petr Hukal (Pirates). In the future, it could then become a lookout point that would be part of local history routes around the city, and at the same time, a backbone cycle path would lead around it.
black Bridge is a district in the northeastern part of Prague. It consists almost exclusively of panel housing estates that have been built here since the 1980s.
Black bridge from soot
Some representatives pointed out the complexity of the repairs, because the torso is right next to the tracks and rail traffic would have to stop. The discussion was also about repair and maintenance costs.
The bridge got its name because it turned black from the soot from the steam locomotives that traveled along the line from Prague to Čelákovice. The original bridge was made of stone, but at the beginning of the 20th century it was torn down and a concrete bridge was built here. Today, the approximately ten-meter torso of one of the approaches to the bridge is preserved.