🌉 A reinforced-concrete arch bridge connecting Prague's New Town and Smíchov.
📜 Named after writer Alois Jirásek, offering scenic city views.
✨ Admire the impressive architecture by Vlastislav Hofman and František Mencl.
📏 Discover its significant dimensions: 310.60 meters long, 21 meters wide, with six arches, the largest spanning 51 meters.
🏞️ Enjoy beautiful panoramic views, including a southern view of a steamer port and a northern view of historic Prague objects and water towers.
💡 Learn about its dual purpose, carrying essential utility lines alongside traffic, including water, steam, gas, and electric/phone cables.
🏛️ See the site where a baroque Dientzenhofer pavilion once stood on the Smíchov side.
🚶♀️ Easily access the nearby Tančící dům (Dancing House) and Malostranská vodárenská věž (Lesser Town Water Tower).
🕰️ Explore a piece of Prague's history, with construction starting in 1929 and the bridge fully opening on October 27, 1933.
🚧 The bridge underwent a general reconstruction between 1992 and 1994.
✍️ Named in honor of the writer Alois Jirásek, who lived nearby from 1903-1930.
📅 Briefly known as Dientzenhofer Bridge from 1940-1945.
🏗️ Constructed from reinforced concrete, with five piers clad in granite blocks.
📐 Features six arched spans, ranging from 45 to 51 meters.
💡 The bridge also carries pipes for drinking and industrial water, a steam line from the heating plant, a gas line, and electric and telephone cables.