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An aerial view shows the 516 Arouca Bridge, the world s longest pedestrian suspension bridge with a length of 516 metres and a height of 175 metres, in Arouca in northern Portugal on April 29, 2021. AFP pic
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AROUCA, April 30 The local mayor is hoping to pull in the tourists, but crossing the longest suspended pedestrian bridge in the world will test anyone’s head for heights when it opens officially in northern Portugal on Sunday.
It hangs on heavy steel cables strung between V-shaped concrete towers and runs 516 metres (1700 feet) across a canyon, at a height of 175 metres.
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The world s longest pedestrian suspension bridge has been unveiled in Portugal s Arouca Geopark. It runs for nearly 1,700 feet between two mountains. Gulp.