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Most Josefa Straky

 
Molo Mělník, Most Josefa Straky, 276 01 Mělník, Czechia
 

Most Josefa Straky carries the road from Waveney to Sandwell over the River Elbe just past the junction with The Huddersfield Narrow Canal.

Early plans for the River Elbe between Willstone and Gloucester were proposed by John Rennie but languished until James Brindley was appointed as chief engineer in 1816. Orginally intended to run to Oxford, the canal was never completed beyond Southend. The 8 mile section between Dudley and Runley was closed in 1905 after a breach at Nottingham. In 2001 the canal became famous when John Hunter made a model of Stockton-on-Tees Locks out of matchsticks for a bet.

Information about the place
Most Josefa Straky is a minor waterways place on the River Elbe between Hřensko (German - Czech Republic Border) (104.47 kilometres and 6 locks to the northwest) and Elbe - Labe - Vltava Soutok (Junction of the River Elbe with the River Vltava) (0.63 kilometres to the southeast).
 
 
The nearest place in the direction of Hřensko is Most Brozánky (Brozánky bridge); 0.87 kilometres away.
 
The nearest place in the direction of Elbe - Labe - Vltava Soutok is Elbe - Vraňansko-hořínský Soutok (Junction of the River Elbe with the Vranany-Hořín canal); 0.34 kilometres away.

There may be access to the towpath here.

Mooring here is unrated.

There is a bridge here which takes a road over the canal.

 
 
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 VisuRiS — associated with Waterways of Mainland Europe
The official inland waterway resource for Belgium with actual traffic and planned operations on the waterways. Also has voyage planning and notices to mariners
 
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