What's in a Prague street name

Originally published on X on 2 November 2023.

I’m going to be mildly lazy now and point you towards Vinohrady: https://whatsinapraguestreetname.com/2024/01/18/prague-2-day-11-manesova/

The bridge was meant to replace Rudolf’s Footbridge (https://whatsinapraguestreetname.com/2024/09/08/prague-1-day-56-u-zelezne-lavky/), and was meant to be named after him too.

However, when it opened in March 1914, it was called the Archduke Franz Ferdinand Bridge, for all the huge amount of time old Franz would still be alive to appreciate the tribute.

The bridge served to take some of the pressure off Charles Bridge, which was dangerously overloaded with people at the time (yes, even more so than now). By 1920, it would have its current name.

Recently, a cycle path was opened under the bridge: https://mestemnakole.cz/2023/03/cyklostezka-pod-manesovym-mostem-byla-plne-otevrena/. This is a good thing.

Views from the bridge itself are as excellent as you might expect.