White bridge Photo: the White bridge

A true symbol of the resort špindlerův mlýn is a small openwork bridge over the river Elbe, which is called White because of its color. Now he is completely pedestrian, and once it was moving and transport, which in the nineteenth century was represented by carts and carriages pulled by horses.

Prior to this iconic and recognizable design of reinforced concrete in the city already had a wooden bridge. It was built in 1829. So rapid at this point, the river has not hurt his Foundation, his special reinforced pillar mounted right in the center of the structure. These precautions helped for some time to avoid the destruction of the bridge. He stood for a record amount of time and only 29 June 1897 was demolished waters of the river, flooded. Simultaneously with the bridge were destroyed bridge on Berdichev, smithy, sawmill, paper mill, several outbuildings and the road to Variabi. Almost the whole city was destroyed. Locals with enthusiasm for the restoration of their city. In the years 1899-1913 the riverbed of the Elbe within Spindleruv Mlyn was changed, and the city government decided to allocate funds for the restoration of the bridge over the river.

In 1911 was built reinforced concrete structure, consisting of several arches. The bridge is low, it rises above the layer of water only a few meters. The dimensions of the bridge are quite modest: at length he reached 27, 6 m, width – 4, 84 m.

The bridge was built as a temporary structure, but gradually became an integral part of the city.

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