most Strzegomski, Wrocław

Most Strzegomski carries Strzegomska Street and Mińska Street across the Ślęza, joining the Nowy Dwór and Muchobór Wielki areas. The crossing in front of you is the result of a major road rebuild carried out from 2009 to 2011. That project replaced a single two-lane carriageway with two carriageways and four traffic lanes, and it replaced the former bridge with separate bridges for the opposing directions of travel.

The earlier Most Strzegomski dated from 1945. It was a single-span reinforced-concrete beam bridge, only 20.23 metres long but 14.9 metres wide. Its roadway took up 6.7 metres of that width, while the sidewalks were 3.7 metres wide; the surface was asphalt.

The older German name, Lohebrücke, simply meant a bridge on the Ślęza. It was not an exclusive title for this crossing: before the war, the same name was used for every bridge spanning this river. So this modest stretch of water has given the bridge both its practical purpose and a name shared across the city’s earlier map.