Žďákov Bridge
Construction of the bridge began in 1957, at the same time as the building of the Orlík Dam.
The construction, costing 71 million Czechoslovak crowns, was completed in 1967. At the time, the bridge was considered the largest plain, full-wall, two-hinged steel arch bridge in the world. Today it ranks among the top twenty globally and still holds the first place in the Czech Republic. It remains the longest arch bridge in the country with a top deck and no tie beam. The bridge has undergone extensive reconstruction and offers beautiful views from its deck and surrounding slopes.
The bridge was named after the now-submerged village of Žďákov. Constructed under the supervision of J. Bursa and J. Zeman, it was built simultaneously with the Orlík waterworks. The Žďákov Bridge is 543 meters long and arches 50 meters above the reservoir, which reaches a depth of up to 60 meters at that point. The bridge weighs about 4000 tons.
How to get there
You can take a bus and then walk approximately 1.3 km from the nearest stop.
Do you know that...
…under the bridge, there is an acoustic anomaly—when an object pierces the water surface, no usual sound can be heard?
