most Bolesława Krzywoustego, Wrocław

The Bolesław Krzywousty Bridges are two road bridges spanning the Widawa between Kowale–Mirowiec and Psie Pole. Built in 1953 and 1978, they replaced a pre-war crossing known as Annabergbrücke and were refurbished as part of the modernisation of Wrocław’s water junction.

These are the Bolesław Krzywousty Bridges: a pair of road bridges carrying the street of the same name over the Widawa. Their two decks mark a busy connection between Kowale–Mirowiec on the river’s left bank and Psie Pole on its right, with city buses also using the crossing. The northern bridge came first, built in 1953; its southern partner followed in 1978.

Each bridge is 61.9 metres long, but they are not twins in width: the northern one measures 14.1 metres across, while the southern one is 11.5 metres wide. The northern structure has three spans, supported by six reinforced-concrete Gerber beams. Before the Second World War, this was the site of a bridge called Annabergbrücke.

That former name recalled the 1921 battle of St Anne’s Mountain. The present bridges underwent a two-year refurbishment completed on the third of July 2017, as part of work modernising Wrocław’s water junction. What you see here is therefore a practical river crossing with several layers of the city’s transport history built into one short stretch of Widawa.