Technical Monuments - Cable-stayed bridge

The Stamp will be issued on October 20 th.

Catalogue number	0653
Date of issue	20.10.2010
Face value	10 CZK
Print sheets	50 stamps
Size of picture	40 x 23 mm
Graphic designer	Jan Ungrad
Engraver	Jaroslav Tvrdon

Cable-stayed bridge - Mariansky Bridge in Ustí nad Labem, designed by the renowned architecture studio Roman Koucky, is one of the most distinctive and disputed projects built in the post-November 1989 Czech Republic. Following years of lengthy discussions about location of the bridge, the city councillors decided to place it under the Mariánska Rock, a site best suited for the bridge's main role, i.e. combining the city's three quarters - the city centre, Krasne Brezno on the left bank and Strekov on the right bank of the Labe river. The 70m high bridge was built in 1993 to 1998 and became the city's new dominant. The height is not the only feature attracting the attention of people: the impossible-to-overlook system of steel cables suspending the 170m long bridge is similarly provoking. The architect designed the number of cables, the height and shape of the pylon not only with respect to static but also to his artistic visions. For instance, the height of the pylon was to counterbalance the Mariánská Rock on the other side of the river. It also matches the height of the tower of the gothic church of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary nearby. According to the Structural Engineering International (SEI), quarterly Journal of the International Association for Bridge and Structural Engineering (IABSE), it is one of the ten most beautiful 1990s world buildings. It has also become the most expensive local project in the area of transport infrastructure since 1948, financed by a city. The city had to postpone the project of reconstruction of the Mírove Square and other projects. Last year the bridge changed its owners: it has become the property of the Road and Motorway Directorate of the Czech Republic since June 26th, 2008.

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