[1] The bridge, designed by engineers Gassner and Bedřich Schnirch,[2] was built by Adalbert Lanna the Elder in 1847–1848 over the Vltava in Podolsko.

After the relocation, the bridge has been in operation since the opening ceremony on 25 May 1975, connecting the market town of Stádlec and the village of Dobřejice.

After ten years of temporary storage, however, some of the iron parts of the chains were damaged or missing at all, making it much more difficult to recover.

How difficult the dismantling and rebuilding was shows the fact that at some point the officials considered to shorten the bridge from the original 90 m length to only 60 meters.

[6] In September 2019 the council of the South Bohemian Region endorsed the bridge repair.

The unique bridgework is currently in disrepair since the wooden parts are attacked by a highly invasive and dangerous wood decaying fungus.

[1] In 2009, the Czech National bank issued a 2500 CZK commemorative gold coin as part of the Industrial Heritage Sites series.

The stamp with a face value of CZK 35 was designed by Milan Bauer, engraved by Václav Fajt.