The large viaduct near Ūkonín

Around the small village of Řikonín in the foothills of the Českomoravská vrchovina passes an important two-track railway line heading from Tišnov to Křižanov. In the second half of the 20th century, it served as the main link between Brno and Bratislava with Prague. To the west of the village, the line crossed two deep valleys with bold viaducts. The so-called The small one crossed the valley of the Lubenské stream, and the big one crossed the mighty valley of the Libochovy river.…