The Happy Pontist

This bridge is labelled "Gazociąg" by Wratislaveae Amici, which simply means "gas main" or "pipeline". It w...

Heading eastwards and back out of town along the River Oder, you come to Kładka Zwierzyniecka . Spanning 86m, this suspension footbridge...

The most striking feature of Most Zwierzyniecki is the overhead bracing which connects its twin truss arches. The bridge was completed in...

The Kładka Bielarska (or  Kładka Żabia ) connects Bielarska Island to the main river bank. There has been a suspension footbridge here sinc...

Not far from Kładka Piaskowa, another footbridge can be found which was built at the same time (2003), linking Słodowa island to the main ri...

Most of the bridges in Wrocław that I've covered so far in this series have been historic in nature. The next two or three, however, are...

What's that? You think I have included Most Świętej Klary in this series solely so I can feature a photo of a nun on a bridge? Ok, I co...

I'm including Most Słodowy simply for completeness, and because it is the only road crossing onto the Słodowa island. There are a ser...

The two Mosty Młyńskie originally spanned over the streams for two watermills, named Maria and Feliks. The latter mill has been demolished,...

Most Piaskowy connects the city centre of Wrocław to Sand Island. The present bridge replaced a timber span in 1861, and is of a broadly ...

Most Tumski is a bridge over a branch of the River Oder. There has been a bridge here for centuries, marking the boundary between the juris...

I have even less to say about this bridge than the last one. It spans between the Hospital of St Joseph (on the left), and the Assembly of S...

Continuing west along the River Oder, the next bridge, Kładka Muzealna , forms part of the southern river bank, spanning over a small inlet ...

Most Pokoju is the next crossing of the River Oder in Wrocław as you head west from Most Grunwaldzki . The River is crossed several times w...

Most Grunwaldzki is one of the most unusual suspension bridges I have ever seen. It results from a 1905 design competition won by the ...

Wrocław is sometimes described as the Venice of Poland: a city built on 12 islands connected by 112 bridges (although other sources suggest ...

I spent most of last week in Wrocław, Poland , for the Footbridge 2011 conference. It was a wonderful opportunity to meet old friends and m...