The road connection between Bolesławiec, the village of Bolesławiec, and further along the road toward Nowogrodziec and Lubań posed difficulties.
Makeshift footbridges, a ford for carts, or possibly ice in winter when the Bóbr was frozen offered a chance to cross.
In 1361, the town built a wooden bridge, which made life easier for residents. It is difficult to determine how many years it served the inhabitants. A great flood that struck the town between 14 July and 2 August 1462 destroyed all the bridges and mills. We have no information about when the next bridge was rebuilt. In 1601, there is information about a new bridge over the Bóbr. Its fate can be described.
The armies during the Thirty Years' War of 1618–1648 left no bridges behind. The same was true during the Napoleonic Wars.
Today's concrete bridge was built in 1920 with a hard and strong structure, but the traffic load on the main route from Germany forces the town to carry out frequent repairs, the latest of which we have recently experienced. In the future, it will be necessary to consider a new, different bridge and a new route that would bypass Bolesławiec.
Bridge over the Bóbr
Archive entry – Głos Bolesławca.