Dębnicki Bridge

The Dębnicki Bridge spans the banks of the Vistula in Kraków: it links Aleje Trzech Wieszczów on the Zwierzyniec side with Marii Konopnickiej Street in Dębniki. It is part of the Second Ring Road of Kraków, and from it you can see the Vistula Bend and Wawel Hill.

From a railway truss bridge to today's crossing

In 1887-1888 a three-span truss bridge was built here for the circular railway, with a carriageway for carts and a pavement. The railway was closed in 1911 and the track removed. In January 1945 the bridge was blown up by the retreating German troops. The present crossing was rebuilt in 1951 to a design by Władysław Borusiewicz, Zbigniew Wzorek and Stefan Serafin.

Dimensions and low clearance

The bridge is 157 metres long and 19 metres wide, and rests on two piers. Among Kraków's bridges over the Vistula it has the lowest clearance above the water. Such a low position was meant not to block the view of Wawel from the boulevards, and during the flood of 2010 the clearance disappeared. In 1998 the bridge was thoroughly renovated.

Practical information

• Pavements run along both sides of the carriageway, and on the north bank by the bridge there is a water tram stop.
• View of Wawel: Wawel Royal Castle, about 0.6 km, and the Manggha Museum right next to it.