The Charles Kuonen Suspension Bridge is the third longest
hanging bridge for
pedestrian use in the world. It is located in
Randa, Switzerland
Randa is a municipality in the district of Visp in the canton of Valais in Switzerland. It is located between the Weisshorn and the Dom in the Matter Valley. The village is accessible by road and rail, and it has a campsite which offers a taxi s ...
and replaced the defunct , which had been damaged by a
rock slide
A rockslide is a type of landslide caused by rock failure in which part of the bedding plane of failure passes through compacted rock and material collapses ''en masse'' and not in individual blocks. Note that a rockslide is similar to an avalanc ...
. The bridge spans 494 meters (1621 feet), and upon its inauguration on 30 July 2017 became the longest suspension bridge built for pedestrian travel.
The bridge runs 85 metres (279 feet) above the ground at its highest point. It employs of cables, and has a system that prevents it from swinging. The bridge is part of
Europaweg
The Europa Hut (German: ''Europahütte'') is a mountain hut located in the Mattertal above Randa in the Mischabel range at 2,265 m, owned by the Swiss Alpine Club. It lies on the Grächen-Zermatt
Zermatt () is a municipality in the district of ...
, a hiking path between the Swiss villages of
Zermatt and
Grächen.
See also
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Europa Hut, located around northeast of the bridge
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List of notable pedestrian bridges
References
Bridges completed in 2017
Pedestrian bridges in Switzerland
Simple suspension bridges
21st-century architecture in Switzerland
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