Positioning: Originally 59,10 km, today off the D1 routing.

Original bridge over Sedlický stream by Borovsko was under construction at KM 59 of the highway between 1939-42 and 1945-50. Construction commenced in July 1939 by civil engineering company „ing. J. Domanský“. Planned budget was 5.552.400,- crowns. The bridge was finsihed at the end of 1950 and formally approved by authorities in 1952. However, highway construction was suspended in 1950’s, rampart at southern end was never finished and the bridge was abandoned.

1960’s brought a new hope for the Borovsko Bridge and Czech highways. At the same time, project of the new large drinking water reservoir for Prague was under consideration. Maiden nature provided high quality of water but huge artificial lake was to flood a number of valleys including those two where the Borovsko Bridge and smaller neighbouring  Sedmpanský Bridge were situated.

Various scenarios were being examined. One of them was reducing  the lake size  but the city of Prague requested millions of litres of drinking water. The other option was hydroinsulation of the bridge construction – but this approach was almost as costly as building a new bridge not considering the cost of water protection in case of accident etc.

Finally, decision was made to bypass the valley and to build completely new bridge a few hundreds of metres southwards. The dam is in operation since 1976 and this sector of D1highway since 1977.

The Borovsko Bridge and the Sedmpanský Bridge were abandoned as well as the routing of a few kilometres  westwards and eastwards from the bridges‘ location.

Today, huge spans of the Borovsko Bridge are flooded almost up to the roadway. The bridge rests unseen in the middle of forrests of the Bohemian-Moravian Highland as the whole lake district is forbidden area and entry is strictly prohibited due to water reservoir protection.

autor © Tomáš Janda, 8. listopadu 2002.

autor english version © Martin Panský, 26.8.2006.

poslední změny na stránce: 26. října 2008