The railway bridge under Vyšehrad: Petitions are supported by Prague 5 – Minister Baxa and Kupko are playing
According to Richard Biegl, a member of the petition committee and chairman of the Club for Old Prague, the current form of the bridge is historically and technically valuable. “It’s not about complicating rail transport, it’s really about that the bridge has been a cultural monument since 2018,” said CTK. He added that with older monuments, no one disputes that everything should be done to save them.
Ministers and the Senate
The future fate of the bridge has been discussed for a long time in the metropolis. Scheinherr has also been promoting the preservation of the current form for a long time. In the past, he commissioned a study at the Prague municipality, in which the Swiss bridge engineer and expert in riveted structures Eugen Brühwiler collaborated, and according to which it is possible. On the other hand, the Czech Klokner Institute of CTU previously recommended replacing the most with a new one.
According to Biegel, representatives of the petition committee already they negotiated with the Ministry of Transport Martin Kupka and the Minister of Culture Martin Baxa (both ODS). “The Minister of Transport told us that he would initiate something like technological colloquium, which will once again assess the condition of the bridge,” he said. According to him, Baxa Construction then told the petitioners that in order to remove, from the point of view of historic preservation, it is necessary to prove its irreparability. On Wednesday, the representatives of the petitioners are going to discuss this matter with the senators elected in the Prague districts in the Senate.
The modern variant won the competition
SŽ announced the next step architectural competition, they announced these results last November. The winning proposal from the 2T engineering studio envisages the removal of the heritage-protected structure, its replacing it with a new one and expanding it with a third track. It is to be created on Výtoni new train station. Reconstruction according to the SŽ plan was supposed to start in 2026 and last 20 months, the original structure is at least partially intended to serve in another location.
The capital city is also demanding the extension of the third track, in order to increase the capacity of railway transport. Scheinherr, however, repeated in a letter to the councilors of Prague 5 that, in view of the studies carried out, still considers it possible and appropriate to fix the most, i.e. completely replace only the bridge deck and replace only some surviving elements in the supporting structure. “From the point of view of transport, a new monorail bridge and a new railway stop should be added,” wrote the acting mayor’s deputy. She also agreed with his opinion last week Council of Prague 5which by its resolution provides a solution in the form of the reconstruction of the bridge and the addition of a new one with a third track.””
150 years of history
The Výton railway bridge was opened in its original form on August 15, 1872. At the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries was replaced by a bridge, which still spans the Vltava River. The current bridge consists of three trusses with a span of 69.9 meters, is 8.1 meters wide and 298.4 meters long. According to preservationists, the structure is a highly technical cultural monument in the exposed part of the Prague Monument Reserve.
View of the track from the front of the set – Masaryk station Pohledzvlak.cz
In April, repairs began on the footbridges of the Vyšehrad railway bridge. The knowledge that people walked on him even in such a state sends chills down his spine.
Author: Technical administration of communications