Rakowiec Bridge

Rakowiec Bridge is a road crossing over the Oława river, along Na Niskich Łąkach street, connecting Przedmieście Oławskie on the left bank with Rakowiec on the right bank of the river.

A second-hand structure

The bridge itself was built in 1928, but its main structural elements were made earlier, in 1904, for a different crossing: a bridge over the Miejski Canal, known today as the Warszawskie Bridges (western bridge). Years later they were dismantled, transported and reassembled as the load-bearing structure of Rakowiec Bridge.

A truss over the Oława

The structure is a single span with two main girders in the form of trusses with parallel upper and lower chords, built using riveted technology, with the roadway running through the bottom. The deck rests on concrete abutments, and the roadway surface is made of granite setts. The total length of the bridge is 27.6 metres, its width 15.66 metres, of which 8.05 metres is the roadway between the girders, and 2 metres each for the two footpaths.

Practical information

• Location: over the Oława river, Na Niskich Łąkach street, between Przedmieście Oławskie and Rakowiec, Wrocław
• Character: a single-span road bridge, a riveted truss from 1904, relocated in 1928
• What to expect: a riveted truss structure over the river, granite setts on the roadway, nearby the Wrocław Zoo and Afrykarium