The Titlis Cliff Walk is a pedestrian bridge along the cliff of

Mount Titlis Titlis is a mountain of the Uri Alps, located on the border between the cantons of Obwalden and Bern. At above sea level, it is the highest summit of the range north of the Susten Pass, between the Bernese Oberland and Central Switzerland. It i ...

in the

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. Built at around above sea level, it is believed to be the highest-elevation

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. It broke the record held by

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, also located in Switzerland. The bridge spans a distance of around but is just wide. The project was designed as a celebration of the 100th anniversary of the opening of the

Engelberg , neighboring_municipalities = Attinghausen (UR), Gadmen (BE), Innertkirchen (BE), Isenthal (UR), Wassen (UR), Wolfenschiessen (NW) , twintowns= Engelberg (lit.: ''mountain of angel(s)'') is a village resort and a municipality in the canton ...

– Gerschnialp funicular railway in January 1913. It was officially opened on 7 December 2012 during a

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, leaving dignitaries from 15 countries unable to see more than just a few metres; the public opening occurred a day later. Constructed over a period of five months, the bridge was built when weather conditions permitted. It was designed to withstand winds that reach over as well as significant snowfall, with a spokesman for

Titlis Engelberg ski resort Titlis is a mountain of the Uri Alps, located on the border between the cantons of Obwalden and Bern. At above sea level, it is the highest summit of the range north of the Susten Pass, between the Bernese Oberland and Central Switzerland. It i ...

explaining that it can cope with around of snow. Much of the material used in construction was transported on cable cars, with larger sections being delivered by helicopter. At a cost of around £1 million, it is hoped that the bridge will become a significant tourist attraction, particularly during the warmer months. In the first two weeks of it being opened, around 500 visitors crossed the bridge. Media reports called it the "world's scariest bridge" and Switzerland Tourism called it "a high-adrenaline kind of new adventure". The ski resort spokesman claims that the bridge is "100 percent safe" and explains that it is "really impossible to fall from the bridge".

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Official site (Titlis.ch)
Bridges in Switzerland Engelberg Bern–Obwalden border Tourist attractions in Switzerland Bridges completed in 2012 {{Obwalden-geo-stub

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