What's in a Prague street name

Nad přívozem was built in 1926.

A ‘přívoz’ is a ferry.

Czech Wikipedia lists 17 current ferry routes across the Vltava – and 85 which are no more. Of the 17 remaining ones, only six are in Prague, and one is just for tourists.

Two ferries used to cross the Vltava to/from Braník: one, sailing to Hlubočepy, ran from 1835 to about 1979; the other, sailing to Zlíchov, ran from 1935 to 1966.

The end date of ‘about 1979’ is not coincidental – it was in 1978 that work started on Barrandov Bridge, which will get its own post soon-ish. It’s not a beauty, but I get how a ferry wouldn’t be able to transport 142,000 cars a day (the stat for 2023) quite as effectively.