Most Świątnicki, Wrocław

Most Świątnicki is a road bridge on Świątnicka Street in eastern Wrocław, crossing the Zielona River near Świątniki and Księże Małe. Built in nineteen ninety-eight, its single span rests on five steel I-beams and carries a timber deck, roadway, and two sidewalks.

Most Świątnicki is the modest road bridge carrying Świątnicka Street across the Zielona River, on Wrocław’s eastern edge near Świątniki and Księże Małe. The structure you see dates from nineteen ninety-eight. It is a deliberately compact crossing: one span, supported by five steel I-beams, with a timber deck above them.

That wooden surface is an unusual choice for a working urban bridge, and it gives this crossing a more local, practical character than Wrocław’s grander river bridges. At thirteen point six metres long and ten point six six metres wide, it is built for everyday passage rather than spectacle. The roadway takes six metres of that width, while sidewalks run along both sides.

Vehicles up to thirty tonnes may use it. Most Świątnicki crosses the small Zielona rather than the Oder, but it still belongs to the network of waterways that shapes Wrocław. The city stands on the Oder and its tributaries, and its bridges connect neighbourhoods as much as riverbanks. Here, the bridge’s plain steel frame and timber deck make that connection feel close at hand.