A bridge too far? Prague railway project draws criticism

Rail is required below Vyšehrad, or else Prague's transport gets severely crippled.

Now the corridor desperately needs a third rail. The main question right now is whether to:

upgrade the bridge, whose longetivity is dubious (studies vary wildly by how much needs to be replaced within 20 years), or
dismantle and move the bridge to a place where a cycle/pedestrian one is needed and build a similar-looking but modern one, which would easily last over 100 more years. This is potentially more expensive and UNESCO doesn't like the panorama to be messed with.

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Reading this while riding train over that bridge.
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I'm not a local but making the historical bridge a ped bridge sounds like an honest retirement
- Rail is required below Vyšehrad, or else Prague's transport gets severely crippled.
  Now the corridor desperately needs a third rail. The main question right now is whether to:
  upgrade the bridge, whose longetivity is dubious (studies vary wildly by how much needs to be replaced within 20 years), or
  dismantle and move the bridge to a place where a cycle/pedestrian one is needed and build a similar-looking but modern one, which would easily last over 100 more years. This is potentially more expensive and UNESCO doesn't like the panorama to be messed with.