Take a look: New bridge in Portugal not for faint-hearted, kids under 6 prohibited
The Arouca Bridge offers a nearly 1,700-foot walk across its span, with its metal walkway suspended from cables and wide enough for two people. Author: Associated Press Updated: 2:11 PM CDT May 4, 2021
It s probably best if you prepare yourself before you look down while on the Arouca Bridge.
The narrow footbridge suspended across a river canyon in northern Portugal claims to be the world s longest pedestrian bridge and was officially inaugurated Sunday.
The Arouca Bridge offers a half-kilometer (almost 1,700-foot) walk across its span, along a metal walkway suspended from cables. Some 175 meters (574 feet) below, the Paiva River flows through a waterfall.
Sergio Azenha / AP
AROUCA, Portugal It’s probably best if you gird yourself before daring to look down from the Arouca Bridge.
The newly opened footbridge, suspended across a river canyon in northern Portugal, is said to be the world’s longest pedestrian bridge.
The Arouca Bridge, which opened to the public on Monday, offers a nearly 1,700-foot walk along a narrow, metal walkway suspended from cables.About 574 feet below, the Paiva River flows through a waterfall.
People walk across the newly opened Arouca Bridge.
Sergio Azenha / AP
Arouca is 186 miles north of Lisbon, the Portuguese capital.
Guinness World Records lists the world’s longest suspension bridge for pedestrians as Japan’s Kokonoe Yume Bridge, which opened in 2006 and spans 1,280 feet. But the Charles Kuonen Suspension Bridge, which opened in the Swiss Alps in 2017, challenges that mark at 1,621 feet.
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Photo by AP Photo/Sergio Azenha
The Arouca Bridge offers sky-high views of where the River Paiva flows through a waterfall.It’s probably best if you gird yourself before you look down from the Arouca Bridge. The narrow footbridge suspended across a river canyon in northern Portugal claims to be the world’s longest pedestrian bridge and was officially inaugurated Sunday, May 2.
The Arouca Bridge offers a half-kilometer (almost 1,700-foot) walk across its span, along a metal walkway suspended from cables. Some 175 meters (574 feet) below, the Paiva River flows through a waterfall.
The Arouca Bridge offers sky-high views of where the River Paiva flows through a waterfall.
The Arouca Bridgeâs half-kilometer span will likely earn it a new Guinness World Record title. But its height is nothing to be scoffed at either. share this article
Itâs probably best if you gird yourself before you look down from the Arouca Bridge. The narrow footbridge suspended across a river canyon in northern Portugal claims to be the worldâs longest pedestrian bridge and was officially inaugurated Sunday, May 2.
The Arouca Bridge offers a half-kilometer (almost 1,700-foot) walk across its span, along a metal walkway suspended from cables. Some 175 meters (574 feet) below, the Paiva River flows through a waterfall.