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Barrandov Bridge Barrandovský most
Aerial view of Barrandov Bridge, photographed from the north
Coordinates	50°02′19″N 14°24′26″E / 50.0386°N 14.4072°E / 50.0386; 14.4072
Carries	Motor vehicles, pedestrians and bicycles
Crosses	Vltava river
Locale	Prague, Czech Republic
Characteristics
Material	Concrete
Total length	352 m
Width	40 to 55 m
Height	max 15 m
Piers in water	2
No. of lanes	8
History
Architect	Karel Filsak
Construction start	1978
Construction end	1988
Statistics
Daily traffic	136 000 cars
Location

Barrandov Bridge (Czech: Barrandovský most) is a road bridge over the Vltava river in Prague, the Czech Republic. It is the most frequented road in the whole country: over 136,000 cars ride over it daily. It connects Braník (Prague 4) and Hlubočepy (Prague 5) (Barrandov) districts. The south part was built in 1983 and the north part in 1988. The brutalist bridge was designed by Karel Filsak, with sculptures by Josef Klimeš.

Gallery

• Concrete sculpture named "Hroší lázeň", meaning "hippo bath"
• View from riverbank
• Remote view

External links

• [REDACTED] Media related to Barrandovský most at Wikimedia Commons

• Transport
• Engineering

• Brutalist architecture in the Czech Republic
• Bridges over the Vltava
• Bridges in Prague
• Prague 4
• Concrete bridges
• Girder bridges
• Bridges completed in 1988
• 1988 establishments in Czechoslovakia