New Troja Bridge in Prague – Concept and Structural Analysis of Steel Parts

The aim of this paper is to describe the concept and structural analysis of the steel parts of “New Troja Bridge” in Prague. The bridge with the main span length of 200,4m crosses Vltava River and it will serve for tramway, car and pedestrian traffic. The bridge is a simply supported bowstring-arch bridge with two twins of inclined network type webs. The paper presents philosophy of analysis, construction process of steel parts, influence of the phases of the construction, stability assessment of the arch and basic results of dynamic analysis.