Colonel Bohumil Jan Šrámek's bridge over Orlica in Svinary

It is claimed that the steel road bridge over the river Orlice in Svinary was built in 1907 on the site of a 1,55 m narrower wooden bridge washed away by the flood of 1891, which first stood there as early as 1869. In fact, the original wooden bridge had been there since of the Middle Ages between the Svinárek and Svinar mill, a few tens of meters below the present one. It has been repaired or built many times over the centuries…