Prague Bridges

Railway Bridge
The fourth Prague bridge downstream along the Vltava is the Railway Bridge. Interestingly, it has no official name. Its generic label "railway" became so established that...

Palacký Bridge
It is the fifth Prague bridge across the Vltava, counting downstream. It is also the third oldest bridge and the third stone bridge in Prague. The bridge holds one...

Jirásek Bridge
Within Prague it is the sixth bridge across the Vltava. The growing Smíchov district could no longer be served by Palacký Bridge alone, and so a new bridge was built between the New Town and Smíchov...

Legion Bridge
Legion Bridge is the seventh Prague bridge. It stands on the site of the original chain bridge of Emperor Francis I and connects Národní Avenue via Shooters' Island with the Lesser...

Charles Bridge
Charles Bridge is one of the most visited Prague landmarks. Rightly so — it is also the oldest stone bridge in Prague and the second oldest in the Czech Republic...

Mánes Bridge
Mánes Bridge is the ninth bridge across the Vltava in Prague. It was built on the site of a historic ferry to a fishing settlement. Its predecessor connecting the Old Town...

Čech Bridge
Going downstream it is the tenth Prague bridge. It is the only large Art Nouveau bridge structure of its kind in the country. Thanks to that, it ranks among protected technical monuments...

Štefánik Bridge
The eleventh bridge, counting downstream along the Vltava in Prague, is Štefánik Bridge. It connects the right-bank Ludvíka Svobody embankment with the left-bank Kapitána Jaroše and Edvard Beneš embankments...

Hlávka Bridge
Hlávka Bridge is the widest bridge in the Czech Republic. As the twelfth bridge across the Vltava, it links the Ludvíka Svobody and Rohanské embankments with the Kapitána Jaroše and Bubenské embankments...

Troja Bridge
Troja Bridge is the youngest and most modern large bridge in Prague. It was opened in 2014. It is designed for trams and cars, and has pedestrian footways and cyclist lanes...




