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On the left there is a road that leads to the viaduct in Kiepojcie

An elaborately crafted figurine on the gravel road to the bridges in Kiepojecie.

Many people have heard about the bridges in Stańczyki and just as many have seen them. However, much less has been said about the bridges in Kiepojcie. The tour is completely free. Access via a gravel road. There is a small bay on site so you can turn around. A few hundred meters west of the viaduct there is a pair of twin railway bridges over the Bludzia River. The viaducts are very similar to the famous bridges in Stańczyki. The northern spans are made of brick and concrete, the southern bridge is unfinished. The line, originally planned as a local single-track line, was to be expanded in 1917-18 into a double-track main line connecting Chojnice through East Prussia to Vilnius. The bridge with red brick arches was completed before the outbreak of World War I, while the twin concrete bridge was built in 1918 and due to the approaching end of World War I, the construction of the embankments leading to it was not completed in time. On the western bank of the river, under the bridges, a road has been preserved, the embankment of which was reinforced with the roots of trees planted for this purpose and marked with stones. https://mazury.info.pl/atrakcje/kiepojcie/index.html

Driving along the road from Żytkiejmy towards Dubenninki, where the bike path ends, turn right and you will reach the first bridge. Kiepojcie lies in the central-southern part of the Dubeninki commune, on the Bludzia River and the northern edge of Lake Przerośl, on the Dubeninki - Żytkiejmy road. The name of the village was both old and current and is of Lithuanian origin. Near the village there is a railway viaduct on the inactive Botkuny - Żytkiejmy line, as well as an evangelical cemetery. https://mazury.info.pl/atrakcje/kiepojcie/index.html

Currently, you cannot enter the bridge as it is surrounded by barbed wire.

The attraction is slightly off the beaten track, so there are no crowds here and we can explore the ruins in peace. Motorists can drive up the gravel road almost to the viaducts.

A resting place for cyclists nearby, beautiful surroundings and exemplary gravel roads

Where do these amazing bridges in Masuria come from? To find the answer to this question, we need to go back to the times before World War I, or more precisely to 1910. It was in this year that the construction of a railway route through the Romincka Forest began, a route connecting Gołdap with the town of Żytkiejmy. This line was a complement to the route from Chojnice, Królewiec and further to Vilnius. The route was used for both passenger and freight traffic. Due to the hilly terrain, river valleys, swamps and floodplains, it was necessary to build crossings in critical places along the route. Arched structures set on pillars, secured from above with openwork railings, were chosen. The bridges in Masuria were designed by Italian architects, which is perhaps why they resemble Roman aqueducts so much. However, an interesting fact is that they are the only bridges of this type in Poland. Brick bridges in Kiepojcie We return to road 651 and after less than 17 kilometres, in the town of Barcie, according to the sign we head for the next bridges in Masuria, the bridges in Kiepojcie. Travelling along the Masurian gravel roads we come across a single bridge stretched over the road. This is the first bridge in Kiepojcie and a trained eye will immediately notice that it is different from the one stretched over the Jarka River. The bridges in Kiepojcie, as the only ones in Masuria, are made not only of reinforced concrete, but also of red brick. The arches of the bridges are finished with brick, which gives them a unique character. But that's not all. The real icing on the cake are the double bridges in Kiepojcie. They cross the Bludzia River and are often called "little Stańczyki". To get to them, you have to go up the embankment of the single bridge and head east. After a few minutes, our eyes will see two impressive and 50-meter-long bridges. https://robimypodroze.pl/2021/01/mosty-na-mazurach-kolejowe-stanczyki-kiepojcie-i-botkuny/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gRRvIjzAaRc&feature=emb_rel_end