It is one of the architectural icons of Boleslawiec. It was erected between 1844 and 1846 as part of the railroad artery connecting Wroclaw and Berlin. It is nearly 490 meters long, 8 meters wide, 22.5 meters high, with 35 semicircular spans supported by huge pillars standing at irregular intervals from 5.65 to 15.4 meters.

The viaduct was designed by a local architect, founder and member of the Masonic lodge in Boleslawiec, Friedrich Engelhardt Gansel. He received the Order of the Red Eagle from the Prussian government in recognition of his merits for this project. The importance of this investment for the state’s economy is evidenced by the participation of King Frederick William IV of Prussia in the opening ceremony of the viaduct.

The viaduct was built from sandstone, a local building material, mined at the time in the village of Dobra, located near Boleslawiec. The environs of Boleslawiec abound in this raw material and it has been used for a long time. In the 19th century its processing was carried out by, among others, the “Zeidel & Wimmel” company in Boleslawiec, whose reputation is evidenced by such projects completed by it as the finial of the Reichstag building, the cathedral and university in Berlin, the railroad station in Gdansk and the city hall in Rotterdam.

When the Boleslawiec viaduct was built, it was one of the most impressive engineering structures in Silesia at the time. People came especially to see it, boasting about it by showing it on postcards. At the end of World War II the viaduct was severely damaged by the retreating Germans, but two years later it was repaired by the Polish authorities. Then the stone balustrade was removed, but it did not lose its beauty. It can also be fully appreciated after dark, as the viaduct has been illuminated since 2006. The design of the most outstanding light engineers was realized

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