Dekarskie Bridges

The Dekarskie Bridges are three crossings over the Widawa river and its side branch, linking the Widawa-Pracze Widawskie estate with an unnamed island on the river and the village of Psary in the Wisznia Mała municipality.

Three bridges, three purposes

Bridge I, marked on city plans simply as the Dekarski Bridge, crosses the main channel of the Widawa from the side of Fryzjerska street, running along the southern bank of the river. Bridge II leads further, into the island. Bridge III used to carry a dirt road over the so-called Old Widawa, a side branch of the river, towards Psary, where the same road changes its name to Widawska street - this bridge no longer exists today.

When they were built

Bridges I and II were built in 1952, over the main channel and a branch lying a little to the north of it. Bridge III, over the Old Widawa, was added only in 1993.

Construction

Bridge I has one span, 10.6 metres long and 7.5 metres wide, with a 6.2-metre carriageway and a 0.6-metre pavement. Bridge II is also single-span, 9.2 metres long and 7.45 metres wide with a 6.85-metre carriageway - both were built as beams with a reinforced concrete deck slab and bituminous surface. Bridge III differed in construction: two simply supported spans, 7.5 metres long and 4.8 metres wide, with a 3.55-metre carriageway and a timber surface.

Surroundings

The administrative border runs across the island: the area by the northern abutment of Bridge I and the area of Bridges II and III belong to Wrocław, while a small strip beyond the Old Widawa, by Bridge III, belongs to the Wisznia Mała municipality. A water mill once stood in the area.

Practical information

• Address: Dekarska / Zduńska street, Widawa - Pracze Widawskie estate
• Getting there: from Fryzjerska street, along the southern bank of the Widawa
• What to expect: two active, small road bridges; the third, a timber one over the Old Widawa, no longer exists