First stage of Barrandov Bridge reconstruction complete

The first stage of the reconstruction of Barrandov bridge, which connects Prague's 4th and 5th districts, was completed overnight and as of Monday morning, the bridge is open again and can be driven on in both directions. Reconstruction of the bridge began on May 16 this year and was originally supposed to end on September 2, but the completion date has been postponed several times. There is still some minor work to be done on the northern part of the bridge, which should be finished on Tuesday night.

The brutalist bridge, which was designed by Karel Filsak and built in the 1980s, is the busiest thoroughfare in the whole country, with around 140,000 cars crossing it daily.