Tyrs Bridge in Prerov

The new bridge is designed as a social section to the pedestrian walkway into the city centre. It's not pretending to be a reconstruction of the previous conditions; just a transfer of some characteristics and qualities of the original bridge. The bridge itself is curved, has three regular spans, foundations in the place of the original piers and the form is decoratively shaped. However, it is a contemporary bridge in its proportion of the concrete girders and the sculptures update it to the present-day.

The message bears the sculpture of a wisent, with a ring in its nostrils, which has its origin in the heraldry of the blazon of the city. It is represented as monumental figure of a strong and selfconfident animal scaled to the structure of the bridge. The sculpture sits on a plinth above the horizon of pedestrians and welcomes arrivals to the historic town.

This sculpture is completed with the figure of a bird & a symbol of freedom, placed in the centre of the bridge. There is also another theme of nature & three concrete trees on the opposite side of the bridge. The horizontal load-bearing structure of the bridge is formed as a continuing reinforced concrete girder with three spans (23,35 + 27,79 + 23,35 m). The inclination is 85 degrees, the free width is 11,6 m and the width of the bridge is 12,5 m.